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hot1 /hɒt $ hɑːt/ ●●● S1 W2 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp hotter, superlativesupl hottest)
1  high temperature 高溫HOT
a) something that is hot has a high temperature – used about weather, places, food, drink, or objects 熱的；燙的；炎熱的 OPP cold
a hot day in July
7月炎熱的一天
It’s so hot in here. Can I open the window?
這裏太熱了，我開開窗好嗎？
Be careful, the water’s very hot.
小心，水很燙。
The bar serves hot and cold food.
那家小吃店供應冷熱食品。
people who live in hot countries (=where the weather is usually hot)
生活在熱帶國家的人們
scorching/baking/roasting hot (also boiling/broiling hot American English) (=used about weather that is very hot) 〔天氣〕炎熱的
a scorching hot week in August
8月裏炎熱的一周
stifling/sweltering/unbearably hot (=used about weather that is very hot and uncomfortable) 〔天氣〕悶熱的，熱得令人發昏的
The office gets unbearably hot in summer.
在夏天，辦公室裏熱得讓人受不了。
boiling/scalding/steaming hot (=used about liquid that is extremely hot) 〔液體〕滾燙的
The coffee was scalding hot.
咖啡很燙。
piping hot (=used about food that is nice and hot) 〔食物〕熱騰騰的
Serve the soup piping hot.
湯要熱騰騰地端上來。
red hot (=used to describe an object or surface that is very hot) 〔物體或表面〕熾熱的，熱得發紅的
The handle was red hot.
那個把手燙得發紅。
white hot (=used to describe metal that is extremely hot) 〔金屬〕白熱的
He held the metal in the flame until it became white hot.
他把金屬放在火中燒至白熱。
b) HOTif you feel hot, your body feels hot in a way that is uncomfortable 〔感覺〕熱的，熱乎乎的
I was hot and tired after the journey.
旅行回來我覺得又熱又累。
The wine made her feel hot.
喝下的酒讓她覺得很熱。
c) if clothes are hot, they make you feel too hot in a way that is uncomfortable 〔衣服〕使人感到熱的
This sweater’s too hot to wear inside.
這件毛衣在室内穿太熱了。
2  spicy 辣的 food that tastes hot has a burning taste because it contains strong spices 辛辣的 OPP mild
a hot curry
一種辛辣的咖喱
► see thesaurus at taste
3  very popular/fashionable 非常受歡迎的/流行的 informalSUCCESSFUL something or someone that is hot is very popular or fashionable, and everyone wants to use them, see them, buy them etc 很受歡迎的，紅極一時的
one of the hottest young directors in Hollywood
好萊塢最受歡迎的青年導演之一
5Michael Owen is already one of soccer’s hottest properties (= actors or sports players who are very popular ) .
邁克爾·歐文已經是足球界最紅的人物之一。
nGareth Bale is one of soccer’s hottest properties (=actors or sports players who are very popular).
The movie is going to be this summer’s hot ticket (=an event that is very popular or fashionable, and that everyone wants to go and see).
這部電影將是今年夏天的大熱門。
be the hottest thing since (sliced bread) (=used about someone or something that is very good and popular, so that everyone wants them) 熱門人物；搶手貨
4  good 好的 informal very good, especially in a way that is exciting 非常棒的
a hot young guitar player
一位優秀的年輕吉他手
a hot piece of software
卓越的軟件
His new film is hot stuff (=very good).
他的新電影棒極了。
be hot at doing something
She’s pretty hot at swimming, too.
她也很擅長遊泳。
not so hot/not very hot informal (=not very good) 不太行
Some of the tracks on the record are great, but others are not so hot.
那張唱片有些曲目很好，有些卻不怎麽樣。
be hot shit American EnglishAmE informal not polite (=used about someone or something that people think is very good) 真他媽的棒
5  sexy 性感的
a) informal someone who is hot is very attractive sexually 性感的
The girls all think he’s hot stuff.
姑娘們都認爲他很性感。
b) informal a film, book, photograph etc that is hot is sexually exciting 〔電影、書籍、照片等〕色情的
his hot and steamy first novel
他熱辣大膽的第一部小說
c) a hot date informal a meeting with someone who you feel very attracted to sexually 令人激動的約會
She has a hot date with Michel.
她和米歇爾有一場激情約會。
d) be hot on/for somebody informalATTRACT to be sexually attracted to someone 迷戀某人
6  difficult/dangerous 困難的/危險的 [not before noun] informalPROBLEM difficult or dangerous to deal with 棘手的，難辦的
If things get too hot (=a situation becomes too difficult or dangerous to deal with), I can always leave.
要是事態發展過於嚴峻，我總可以抽身退出。
Wilkinson found his opponent a little too hot to handle (=too difficult to deal with or beat).
威爾金森發現自己的對手有點難對付。
The climate was too hot politically to make such radical changes.
在如此糟糕的政治氣候下無法進行這樣激進的變革。
7  a hot issue/topic etc DISAGREEa subject that a lot of people are discussing, especially one that causes a lot of disagreement 熱門話題
The affair was a hot topic of conversation.
那件事成了熱門話題。
one of the hottest issues facing medical science
醫學所面臨的最有爭議的話題之一
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a hot issue/topic etc• Despite the ominous thunder of global war, the date on which to observe Thanksgiving was a hot issue.• Friday, 29 years after he was slain by a single rifle shot, his assassination is once again a hot topic.• Salah had succeeded in creating a hot issue.• Military service was a hot topic at Oxford in the mid-1950s, too.• Aphid insecticide resistance-a hot topic for beet and potato growers as well as horticulturalists.• Page description languages are currently a hot topic with much being written about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various offerings.
8. in the hot seat in an important position and responsible for making difficult decisions 處於責任重大的位置
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in the hot seat• Wilkinson and Manion will be in the hot seat.• Put them in the hot seat and question then to find out.• Tips Always address the person in the hot seat by the name of the character you have chosen.• He was in the hot seat for more than three hours.• City player-manager Peter Reid, still a rookie in the hot seat, has done a fine job since replacing Howard Kendall.• This will help the person in the hot seat to become more relaxed and confident in the role of the character.• We can put Ant in the hot seat to find out.
9  in hot water SERIOUS SITUATIONif someone is in hot water, they are in trouble because they have done something wrong 〔因做錯事而〕陷入困境
The finance minister found himself in hot water over his business interests.
財政部長因染指商業利益而陷入尴尬的境地。
land/get yourself in hot water
She got herself in hot water with the authorities.
她和當局惹上了麻煩。
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in hot water• The sun splashed and faded on the bath as he lay in hot water.• It would be good to roll in hot water all over.• Crockery and eating utensils should be washed in hot water and detergent.• Wash the container in hot soapy water and rinse thoroughly in hot water.• Airlocks happen in hot water systems for a number of reasons.• Soak dried mushrooms in hot water to cover until soft, about 20 minutes.• Ladle into clean glass jars that have been rinsed in hot water to prevent any cracking from the heat.• Illegal testing can land employers in hot water to the tune of $ 10,000 per violation.
10  angry 憤怒的ANGRY
a) get hot under the collar spoken to become angry – used especially when people get angry in an unreasonable way about something that is not important 〔尤指爲小事〕發怒，生氣
I don’t understand why people are getting so hot under the collar about it.
我不明白爲什麽人們爲這件事如此憤怒。
b) have a hot temperANGRY someone who has a hot temper becomes angry very easily 暴躁，脾氣急 → hot-tempered
11  hot and bothered informal upset and confused because you have too much to think about or because you are in a hurry 煩躁不安的，焦急的；被搞糊塗的
People were struggling with bags and cases, looking hot and bothered.
人們吃力地拎着大包小包，神色慌張。
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hot and bothered• It was too unsettling, made her feel too hot and bothered.• Not everyone, however, is hot and bothered.• She had got herself all hot and bothered and she felt much safer in the water than she had in the barn.• I sit, all hot and bothered, suffering, and mention this.
12  have/hold something in your hot little hand informal used to emphasize that you have something 擁有某物〔用於強調〕
You’ll have the report in your hot little hands by Monday.
星期一這份報告一定會交到你手裏。
13  recent/exciting news 最近的/令人激動的消息INTERESTING hot news is about very recent events and therefore interesting or exciting 最近的，令人興奮的
Do you want to hear about all the latest hot gossip?
想不想聽聽最新的小道消息？
14. be hot off the press if news or a newspaper is hot off the press, it has just recently been printed 〔消息〕剛見報；〔報紙〕剛印好
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be hot off the press• People were queuing up for the new Harry Potter book to arrive - hot off the press.
15  chasing SB/STH closely 緊追某人/某物
a) in hot pursuit following someone quickly and closely because you want to catch them 〔因想抓住某人而〕緊追其後，窮追不舍
The car sped away, with the police in hot pursuit.
汽車飛馳而去，警察在後面緊追不舍。
b) hot on somebody’s trail/tail close to and likely to catch someone you have been chasing 緊緊跟着某人，快要逮住某人
The other car was hot on his tail.
另一輛汽車緊緊跟着他。
c) hot on somebody’s heelsFOLLOW following very close behind someone 緊随某人之後
Mrs Bass’s dog was already hot on his heels.
巴斯太太的狗已經緊緊跟着他了。
16  come/follow hot on the heels of something AFTERto happen or be done very soon after something else 緊接某事之後發生
The news came hot on the heels of another plane crash.
這個消息是緊接在另一場墜機事故之後傳來的。
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come/follow hot on the heels of something• It comes hot on the heels of the C5 saloon we showed you last week.
17  hot on the trail of something very close to finding something 快要找到[發現]某事物
journalists hot on the trail of a news story
馬上就要發現新聞的記者
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hot on the trail of something• But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
18  blow/go hot and cold to keep changing your mind about whether you like or want to do something 搖擺不定，反複無常
She keeps blowing hot and cold about the wedding.
她對要不要舉行婚禮猶豫不決。
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blow/go hot and cold• Some of these young officers blow hot and cold.• Paula was going hot and cold by now.• She went hot and cold, dizzy with confusion.
19. go hot and cold to experience a strange feeling in which your body temperature suddenly changes, because you are very frightened, worried, or shocked 〔因害怕、擔心或震驚而〕感到渾身一陣熱一陣冷
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go hot and cold• Paula was going hot and cold by now.• She went hot and cold, dizzy with confusion.
20  I don’t feel too hot/so hot/very hot spoken informal I feel slightly ill 我有點不舒服
I’m not feeling too hot today.
我今天不太舒服。
21  be hot on something informal
a) KNOW somethingto know a lot about something 通曉[熟知]某事物
He’s pretty hot on aircraft.
他對飛機很精通。
b) STRICT British EnglishBrE to be very strict about something 對某事要求很嚴格 SYN tight
The company is very hot on security.
該公司戒備森嚴。
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be hot on something• Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.• The flies buzz and the sun is hot on my spine.• Young Laura is hot on the heels of her brothers.• It was hot on the top and cold in the middle.• But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
22  be hot for something informal to be ready for something and want it very much 渴望某事物
Europe is hot for a product like this.
歐洲急需這樣的産品。
He was hot for revenge.
他複仇心切。
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be hot for something• Marvin here was hot for reciprocal visits.
23  be hot to trot informal
a) to be ready to do something or be involved with something 渴望〔做某事〕
b) to feel sexually excited and want to have sex with someone 欲火中燒
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be hot to trot• The inhibitions of the average citizen were hot to trot.
24  hot competition if the competition between people or companies is hot, they are all trying very hard to win or succeed 激烈的[緊張的]競賽
Competition for the best jobs is getting hotter all the time.
最好的工作崗位的爭奪日趨激烈。
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hot competition• Last year put two disturbed women into hot competition.• Often, as in household products or industrial chemicals, hot competition among affiliates of big multinationals ensures both growth and cost-competitiveness.• Teams are in hot competition to design computers that not only assist the study of nature, but are natural themselves.
25. hot favourite the person, team, horse etc that people think is most likely to win 最被看好的選手，最熱門的參賽者
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hot favourite• The hot favourite at 6-4 was Craganour.• Hardy was a hot favourite before the fight and did not let a sell-out crowd down by producing the expected victory.• And you are the hot favourite, bonny lass.• He is hot favourite for a semi-final place.
26  hot tip a good piece of advice about the likely result of a race, business deal etc 〔有關賽馬、交易等的〕好建議
a hot tip on the stock market
投資股市的好建議
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hot tip• Find something you've forgotten Don't give up if you can't remember where you saw that hot tip last week.• McGrath has been advised to go ... after all, he's a hot tip to win the thing.
27. stolen goods 贓物 informalSTEAL goods that are hot have been stolen 偷來的
28. music 音樂 informalAPM music that is hot has a strong exciting rhythm 節奏強勁的
29  more something than you’ve had hot dinners British EnglishBrE spoken humorous used to say that someone has had a lot of experience of something and has done it many times 做某事比你吃過的飯還多
She’s delivered more babies than you’ve had hot dinners.
她接生過的孩子比你吃過的飯還多。
30. hot money BFmoney that is frequently moved from one country to another in order to make a profit 〔在各國間頻繁流動以獲利的〕遊資，熱錢
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hot money• But when hot money chases hot pictures, can a crash be far away?• Second, it attracts hot money into the country to finance the current account deficit because investors perceive no currency risk.• It was hot money - nicked from a sub post office in Southend three weeks ago.• Mr. Evans Does not it mean that we are the party of hot money, not hot air?
→ hotly, hots
 THESAURUS
person 人
hot used especially when you feel uncomfortable 熱的 熱的〔尤指令人不舒服〕
I feel really hot.
我覺得很熱。
nThe travellers were hot, tired, and thirsty.
warm a little hot, especially in a way that feels comfortable 暖和的
Are you warm enough?
你夠暖和嗎？
nWe had to keep moving in order to keep warm.
boiling (hot) spoken very hot 極熱的
You must be boiling in that sweater!
你穿這件毛衣肯定熱死了！
n‘I’m going for a swim, ' said Gary. ’I’m boiling.'
nI felt boiling hot and tried to open one of the windows.
feverish feeling very hot because you are ill 發燒的
His head ached and he felt feverish.
他頭痛，感覺發燒了。
nHannah was slightly feverish, so we decided to call the doctor.
weather 天氣
hot used especially when you feel uncomfortable 熱的 炎熱的
a hot day
炎熱的一天
It’s too hot to do any work.
天太熱，根本無法工作。
warm a little hot, especially in a way that seems pleasant 溫暖的，暖和的
a warm summer’s evening
溫暖的夏夜
nIt’s supposed to be a bit warmer tomorrow.
boiling (hot) spoken very hot 酷熱的
The weather was boiling hot.
天氣奇熱無比。
a boiling hot day
酷熱的一天
nIt was absolutely boiling this lunchtime.
baking (hot) British EnglishBrE very hot and dry 灼熱的，又幹又熱的
a baking hot afternoon
灼熱的午後
nThe weather was baking hot and conditions at the camp became unbearable.
It’s baking out there in the garden – I need a drink.
花園裏太熱了——我要喝點東西。
scorching (hot) very hot 極熱的，灼熱的
It was another scorching hot July day.
又是一個7月裏的大熱天。
nWhen we got there, the weather was scorching.
nArizona is scorching hot every day.
humid/muggy hot and damp 潮濕炎熱的
nThis week sees a return to more humid conditions.
Hong Kong gets very humid at this time of year.
每年這時香港都變得又潮又熱。
nIn June the weather was often muggy in the evenings.
nIt was a warm muggy afternoon, and it looked like it would rain.
room 室内
hot used especially when you feel uncomfortable 熱的 熱的〔尤指令人不舒服〕
The office was uncomfortably hot.
辦公室裏熱得難受。
nThe meeting was in a tiny hot room with no air conditioning.
warm a little hot, especially in a way that seems pleasant 暖和的
It’s nice and warm by the fire.
爐火邊暖洋洋的。
nThey were all sitting in the warm kitchen, sipping mugs of cocoa.
boiling (hot) spoken very hot 極熱的
It’s boiling in here. Can I open the window?
這裏太熱了，我開開窗好嗎？
na boiling hot New York recording studio
like an oven much too hot in a way that is uncomfortable – used about rooms and buildings 〔房間、建築物〕（火爐般）炎熱的
The inside of the shed was like an oven.
棚屋裏熱得像火爐。
food/liquid/something you touch 食物/液體/觸摸之物
hot 熱的
a hot drink
熱飲
hot meals
熱騰騰的飯菜
nEat your food while it’s hot.
warm a little hot, especially in a way that seems pleasant 溫熱的
The bread was still warm from the oven.
這面包剛烤完不久，還是溫的呢。
nthe warm waters of the Caribbean
boiling (hot) spoken very hot 滾燙的
The water’s boiling hot.
水是滾燙的。
nBoiling-hot steam shoots out from underground.
nThe mud in the pools is boiling.
lukewarm /ˌluːkˈwɔːm◂ $ -ˈwɔːrm◂/ slightly warm, but not hot enough – used about liquids 〔液體〕微溫的
a cup of lukewarm coffee
一杯微溫的咖啡
The bath water was lukewarm.
洗澡水不冷不熱。
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hot• Recently we have had trouble with the engine misfiring and stalling, even when hot.• Be careful! That pan's still very hot.• Don't touch the barbecue - it's burning hot.• Does your relationship run hot and cold?• It was hot and humid in the Caribbean.• Bea was hot and tired from the long walk home.• At the end of the day all I want to do is to relax in a nice hot bath.• Grill over hot coals until rare to medium-rare, 2 to 3 minutes per side.• Cook the steaks over red hot coals.• a pot of hot coffee• I'm too hot - could you open the window?• Pour the hot fudge over the marshmallows.• It's hot in here. Isn't the air conditioner working?• It was much too hot in his office to do any work.• Levi's 501 jeans continue to be a hot item.• Dozens of volunteers serve hot meals to 200 homeless people every night.• Jimbo had a hot night in Las Vegas and won $430.• hot salsa• a hot summer's day• It was the hottest summer this century.• It's going to be a hot, sunny day.• It's too hot to go for a bike ride.• Isn't it hot today?• She'd come and give me a hot water bottle.• Obviously, it's.., the hot water tank.• For $ 45,1 luxuriate at midnight in a tub brimming with hot water.• Turned on a tap: hot water!• I make a lot of salads during hot weather.
It’s ... hot• In the meantime eat that while it's hot.• The food is good, it's local and it's always hot.• Your hair sets when it cools down - not when it's hot.• Body de-construction - it's a hot art opportunity these days - is a natural for unusual materials.• It's very hot in there.• In Gloucestershire for instance, it's the hottest of hot potatoes.• It's hot out there, several million degrees Fahrenheit.• The high blue summer weather goes on and on and by mid-afternoon it's hot up here under the leads.
hot ticket• One of the hottest tickets in Paris is a revival of "West Side Story."• The Final Four has become the hottest ticket in sports, even harder to get than Super Bowl tickets.• Computer science grads are the hottest tickets this year.
hot stuff• Flings like the recent Los Angeles Salsa Festival are proof that hoofers have the hot stuff.• These are pretty hot stuff so it is £80 I am afraid.• It's hot stuff you're dealing with.
too hot to handle• Studio bosses decided her video was too hot to handle.• Meanwhile investigations continue into the brush, which is, quite literally, too hot to handle.• The ark turns out to be decidedly too hot to handle.• The carrier, glowing through the night with its immense burden of radioactivity, is too hot to handle.• Not too hot to handle, for an old-fashioned family publisher like Jackson's?
hot gossip• Certainly not a considerable number of ladies, according to hot gossip and well informed rumour.
hot2 verb (hotted, hotting)
1 hot up phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal 
a) INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCif something hots up, there is more activity or excitement 加劇，變得激烈
Things generally hot up a few days before the race.
比賽的前幾天氣氛通常會變得熱烈起來。
b) the pace hots up used to say that the speed of something increases 速度加快
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the pace hots up• Remember this when the pace hots up!
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hot• By 1986 things were hotting up a bit.• The pace of reforms to working practices is also hotting up.
Origin hot
Old English hat

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