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red-hot

/adjective red-hot; noun red-hot/US // adjective ˈrɛdˈhɒt; noun ˈrɛdˌhɒt //

炽热的,炽热,红红火火,火热的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : red with heat; very hot.
    • : creating much excitement, demand, or discussion: The new toy robot is a red-hot item this Christmas.
    • : violent; furious: red-hot anger.
    • : characterized by intense excitement, enthusiasm, or passion.
    • : very fresh or new; most recent: red-hot tips on the stock market.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who has great fervor or intensity, as for a goal or cause.
    • : Informal. a hot dog.
    • : a small cinnamon-flavored candy.

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Examples

  • Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.

  • Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.

  • Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.

  • Nor does the jet have the ability to capture high-definition video, utilize an infra-red pointer.

  • Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.

  • In the drawing-room things went on much as they always do in country drawing-rooms in the hot weather.

  • Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.

  • Under the internal pressure his whiskers stood on end and his face grew red.

  • “You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.

  • Ripperda's eye fell upon the mantle,—it was discoloured a dark red in many places, he nodded his head, and the man withdrew.