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ADJ-GRADED
熱的;燙的
Something that is hot has a high temperature.
例句
When the oil is hot, add the sliced onion...
油熱了后，放入切好的洋蔥。
What he needed was a hot bath and a good sleep...
他需要洗個熱水澡，好好睡一覺。
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ADJ-GRADED
天氣熱的;氣溫高的;炎熱的
Hot is used to describe the weather or the air in a room or building when the temperature is high.
例句
It was too hot even for a gentle stroll...
天太熱，連慢慢散步都吃不消。
It was a hot, humid summer day...
這是個炎熱潮濕的夏日。
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ADJ-GRADED
（人）感覺熱的
If you are hot, you feel as if your body is at an unpleasantly high temperature.
例句
I was too hot and tired to eat more than a few mouthfuls...
我又熱又累，只吃了幾口就吃不下了。
My head was reeling. I felt hot all over.
我的頭很暈。我感覺全身滾燙。
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ADJ-GRADED
（溫度）…高的
You use hot to talk or ask about how high the temperature of something is.
例句
They are called incandescent lights, and their colour depends on how hot they are...
這種燈叫做白熾燈，其顏色取決于溫度。
Remember that the top of the oven will be hotter than the bottom.
記住，烤爐的頂部將比底部溫度更高。
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ADJ
（食物）趁熱吃的
Hot food is intended to be eaten as soon as it is cooked, as opposed to food that you eat when it has cooled or that you do not cook at all.
例句
If you live alone, you might not want to cook a hot meal every day.
如果單身居住，你可能不會想每天都做一頓熱菜熱飯。
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ADJ-GRADED
（食物）辣的，辛辣的
You can say that food is hot when it has a strong, burning taste caused by chillies, pepper, or ginger.
例句
...hot curries.
辛辣的咖喱食品
...a dish that's spicy but not too hot.
加了香料但并不太辣的菜
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ADJ-GRADED
（議題、話題）熱門的，受到廣泛關注的
A hot issue or topic is one that is very important at the present time and is receiving a lot of publicity.
例句
The role of women in war has been a hot topic of debate in America since the Gulf conflict.
自海灣沖突以來，婦女在戰爭中的作用一直是美國國內一個備受爭議的熱門話題。
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ADJ-GRADED
（消息）剛發布的，最新的，新近的
Hot news is new, recent, and fresh.
例句
...eight pages of the latest movies, video releases and the hot news from Tinseltown.
有關上檔電影、發行影碟及好萊塢最新消息的8頁報道
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ADJ-GRADED
風行的;走紅的;炙手可熱的
You can use hot to describe something that is very exciting and that many people want to see, use, obtain, or become involved with.
例句
The hottest show in town was the Monet Exhibition at the Art Institute...
全城最轟動的展覽是在美術學院舉辦的莫奈畫展。
When I was last there, the hot place was the Royal Bachelors' Club.
我上次在那里時，最熱鬧的地方是皇家單身漢俱樂部。
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ADJ-GRADED
（常指非法獲得的貴重或知名物品）燙手的，難以銷贓的
You can use hot to describe something that no one wants to deal with, often because it has been illegally obtained and is very valuable or famous.
例句
If too much publicity is given to the theft of important works, the works will become too hot to handle and be destroyed.
如果重要作品遭竊一事被大肆報道，這些作品就會因為難以轉手而被銷毀。
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ADJ-GRADED
（情形）棘手的;艱難的的
You can describe a situation that is created by a person's behaviour or attitude as hot when it is unpleasant and difficult to deal with.
例句
When the streets get too hot for them, they head south in one stolen car after another.
當他們覺得在街頭混不下去了時，就沿途不斷偷車換開，一路往南去了。
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ADJ-GRADED
（比賽）激烈的，雙方全力以赴的
A hot contest is one that is intense and involves a great deal of activity and determination.
例句
It took hot competition from abroad, however, to show us just how good Scottish cashmere really is.
然而，我們是通過來自國外的激烈競爭才認識到了蘇格蘭羊絨的優良品質。
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ADJ-GRADED
被看好的;最有望獲勝的
If a person or team is the hot favourite, people think that they are the one most likely to win a race or competition.
例句
Atlantic City is the hot favourite to stage the fight.
在大西洋城舉行這場拳擊比賽是眾望所歸。
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ADJ-GRADED
（脾氣）暴躁的，易怒的
Someone who has a hot temper gets angry very quickly and easily.
例句
His hot temper was making it increasingly difficult for others to work with him.
他的火暴脾氣使得別人越來越難以和他合作。
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PHRASE
忽冷忽熱;反復無常
If someone blows hot and cold, they keep changing their attitude towards something, sometimes being very enthusiastic and at other times expressing no interest at all.
例句
The media, meanwhile, has blown hot and cold on the affair.
同時，媒體對這件事的態度表現得忽冷忽熱。
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PHRASE
焦慮不安;六神無主;舉止失常
If you are hot and bothered, you are so worried and anxious that you cannot think clearly or behave sensibly.
例句
Ray was getting very hot and bothered about the idea.
這個想法讓雷心慌意亂。
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PHRASE
對…有強烈的情欲
If you say that one person has the hots for another, you mean that they feel a strong sexual attraction to that person.
例句
I've had the hots for him ever since he came to college.
自從他來上大學后，我就對他春心萌動。