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Warm-blooded animals keep their body at about the same warm temperature all the time, whether the air around them is hot or cold. Birds and — so dogs, whales, , and you — are warm-blooded. Their bodies burn food to make heat, which is why they must eat a lot.
Warm-blooded animalswarm-blooded的動物 keep their body at about the same warm temperature all the time體溫大概都會一直維持在差不多的溫暖溫度, whether the air around them is hot or cold不管周圍空氣是熱是冷. Birds and mammals鳥類和哺乳類 — so dogs, whales, sparrows, and you也就是狗、鯨魚、麻雀，還有你 — are都是 warm-bloodedwarm-blooded. Their bodies burn food to make heat牠們的身體會燃燒食物來產生熱量, which is why這就是為什麼 they must eat a lot牠們得吃很多
The opposite is cold-blooded: snakes, fish, and frogs take their temperature from around them, so a lizard is cool in the morning and warm after lying in the sun.
The opposite is cold-blooded相反的是cold-blooded: snakes, fish, and frogs take their temperature from around them蛇、魚和青蛙的體溫是從周圍環境來的, so所以 a lizard is cool in the morning蜥蜴早上是涼的 and曬過太陽之後才 warm after lying in the sun變暖
Scientists prefer the word "endothermic", because "warm-blooded" is a bit rough as a description, but every ordinary person and every school textbook says warm-blooded, and it is the word you need. It is an adjective, and it keeps its : a warm-blooded animal, these animals are warm-blooded.
Scientists prefer the word "endothermic"科學家比較喜歡用endothermic這個字, because因為 "warm-blooded" is a bit rough as a descriptionwarm-blooded當作描述有點籠統, but但 every ordinary person and every school textbook says warm-blooded一般人和學校課本都是說warm-blooded, and而且 it is the word you need這也是你需要用的字. It這 is an adjective是個形容詞, and而且 it keeps its hyphen連字號要保留: a warm-blooded animal像a warm-blooded animal, these animals are warm-blooded或these animals are warm-blooded
There is a second, older use about people: a warm-blooded person is full of feeling — passionate, quick to love or to anger. In that use it is a compliment about someone having strong human feelings, and it usually appears in novels rather than in conversation.
about people關於人 There is有 a second, older use第二種比較舊的用法: a warm-blooded persona warm-blooded person is full of feeling是指充滿情感的人 — passionate, quick to love or to anger熱情、很容易愛也很容易生氣. In that use這種用法 it is a compliment about someone having strong human feelings是稱讚一個人有強烈的人性情感, and而且 it usually appears in novels rather than in conversation通常出現在小說裡而不是日常對話中
組成warm + blooded. Blooded is blood + -ed, meaning "having blood of that kind" — the same pattern as blue-eyed (having blue eyes) or long-haired (having long hair).
同家族的字
- cold-bloodedthe exact opposite, built the same way; also means cruel and unfeeling when said of people
- bloodthe base word inside blooded
- hot-bloodedsame pattern — said of people who anger or love easily
- blue-eyedthe same -ed pattern: having eyes of that kind
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
warm-bloodedadj
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biologynatural-scienceszoologyMaintaining a relatively constant and warm body temperature, regardless of the ambient temperature; endothermic.
- The cold-blooded animals are all feeble breathers, and the most energetic breathers are the warmest-blooded. A mollusc, a fish, a frog, a quadruped, and a bird, represent the various stages of this correspondence.
- Moreover, instead of hibernating like our northern reptiles, they [birds] are able to remain active all winter, even in arctic latitudes, so long as sufficient food is available to maintain the body. This retention of heat increases the body temperature, and implies an increase as well of the creature’s activity, so that birds in addition to being the warmest-blooded animals are at the same time the quickest and most active.
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Passionate.
- Claire jumped from her chair and smiled the warmest-blooded smile that she could muster.
- Chasseur said, “Murder is a grisly, nasty business, Jessica. The female species simply doesn’t have the genetic makeup to deal sensibly with it. Murder is a cold-blooded act. Women are, by nature, warmer-blooded than men, which is why they’re so attractive to the male of the species.”
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。