Definition of het up in English:

het up

adjectivehɛtˈʌpˌhɛt ˈəp

informal

predicative Angry and agitated.
〈非正式〉生气的，焦虑不安的
her husband is all het up about something
她丈夫为了一点什么事情勃然大怒。
Example sentencesExamples
- If you're going to get het up about it though, your complaint should be directed at the management, not the poor unfortunate who'd much rather be somewhere else, doing something else, and is only there by reason of compelling circumstance.
- In that context, therefore, it is difficult to see why the employers and the Government are getting so het up about a further 7% increase over 18 months.
- You'd think at my age I wouldn't get quite so het up about stuff.
- Honestly, I don't know what everyone's getting so het up about…
- Don't know if it's a deliberate snub, or just an ‘I didn't know about it’ oversight, so I'm not going to get too het up about it at the moment.
- Then I get all het up and angry and upset and frustrated and full of rage and have to remind myself that this imagined conversation never actually took place.
- The more het up you are, the less capable you become of logical thought.
- So he can get as het up as he likes about the perceived injustice of it all, while the likes of me just shrug our shoulders and write him off as just another chip-on-your-shoulder hard left bore.
- Where is all this traffic that everyone's getting so het up about?
- I don't think she was too impressed when I said that, in my opinion, she should buy her grandson a large pack of condoms and tell her daughter not to get so het up about things.
- I don't really get why some people have gotten so het up about it.
- Everyone seems to be getting all het up over this.
- Of course, I always said I was a Trekkie, too, and apparently people who get het up about such things say it should be ‘Trekker.’
- Everyone was fairly het up and agitated by that point.
- Anyhow going to the Greenwoods now (Mother's getting a bit het up because we should have left by now).
- I've made a little resolution about consumer anger recently, so I'm not going to get all het up and cross about it but you do have to wonder what century it is, precisely, that these people inhabit.
- Prudie has very little patience with the people who get all het up about the content of children's books.
- At last - this is the thing Williams is getting all het up about.
- The reason I'm so het up about one little arrangement of pixels on a screen is that Canada, a civilized country, one of our own, has taken a step in that same terrible direction.
- It's all too easy to get het up and angry with an organisation.
Synonyms
anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, bothered, distressed, concerned, upset, distraught, worried sick, disquieted, uneasy, ill at ease, fretful, fretting, agitated, in a state of agitation, nervous, edgy, on edge, like a cat on a hot tin roof, tense, overwrought, worked up, keyed up, strung out, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, stressed, under stress

Origin

Mid 19th century: from dialect het 'heated, hot', surviving in Scots and northern English dialect.

Definition of het up in US English:

het up

adjectiveˌhɛt ˈəpˌhet ˈəp

informal

predicative Angry and agitated.
〈非正式〉生气的，焦虑不安的
her husband is all het up about something
她丈夫为了一点什么事情勃然大怒。
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't really get why some people have gotten so het up about it.
- Everyone was fairly het up and agitated by that point.
- Anyhow going to the Greenwoods now (Mother's getting a bit het up because we should have left by now).
- Of course, I always said I was a Trekkie, too, and apparently people who get het up about such things say it should be ‘Trekker.’
- Then I get all het up and angry and upset and frustrated and full of rage and have to remind myself that this imagined conversation never actually took place.
- The reason I'm so het up about one little arrangement of pixels on a screen is that Canada, a civilized country, one of our own, has taken a step in that same terrible direction.
- Everyone seems to be getting all het up over this.
- If you're going to get het up about it though, your complaint should be directed at the management, not the poor unfortunate who'd much rather be somewhere else, doing something else, and is only there by reason of compelling circumstance.
- In that context, therefore, it is difficult to see why the employers and the Government are getting so het up about a further 7% increase over 18 months.
- At last - this is the thing Williams is getting all het up about.
- I've made a little resolution about consumer anger recently, so I'm not going to get all het up and cross about it but you do have to wonder what century it is, precisely, that these people inhabit.
- The more het up you are, the less capable you become of logical thought.
- So he can get as het up as he likes about the perceived injustice of it all, while the likes of me just shrug our shoulders and write him off as just another chip-on-your-shoulder hard left bore.
- I don't think she was too impressed when I said that, in my opinion, she should buy her grandson a large pack of condoms and tell her daughter not to get so het up about things.
- Where is all this traffic that everyone's getting so het up about?
- Honestly, I don't know what everyone's getting so het up about…
- It's all too easy to get het up and angry with an organisation.
- Don't know if it's a deliberate snub, or just an ‘I didn't know about it’ oversight, so I'm not going to get too het up about it at the moment.
- You'd think at my age I wouldn't get quite so het up about stuff.
- Prudie has very little patience with the people who get all het up about the content of children's books.
Synonyms
anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, bothered, distressed, concerned, upset, distraught, worried sick, disquieted, uneasy, ill at ease, fretful, fretting, agitated, in a state of agitation, nervous, edgy, on edge, like a cat on a hot tin roof, tense, overwrought, worked up, keyed up, strung out, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, stressed, under stress

Origin

Mid 19th century: from dialect het ‘heated, hot’, surviving in Scots and northern English dialect.

单词	het up
释义	Definition of het up in English: het up adjectivehɛtˈʌpˌhɛt ˈəp informal predicative Angry and agitated. 〈非正式〉生气的，焦虑不安的 her husband is all het up about something 她丈夫为了一点什么事情勃然大怒。 Example sentencesExamples If you're going to get het up about it though, your complaint should be directed at the management, not the poor unfortunate who'd much rather be somewhere else, doing something else, and is only there by reason of compelling circumstance. In that context, therefore, it is difficult to see why the employers and the Government are getting so het up about a further 7% increase over 18 months. You'd think at my age I wouldn't get quite so het up about stuff. Honestly, I don't know what everyone's getting so het up about… Don't know if it's a deliberate snub, or just an ‘I didn't know about it’ oversight, so I'm not going to get too het up about it at the moment. Then I get all het up and angry and upset and frustrated and full of rage and have to remind myself that this imagined conversation never actually took place. The more het up you are, the less capable you become of logical thought. So he can get as het up as he likes about the perceived injustice of it all, while the likes of me just shrug our shoulders and write him off as just another chip-on-your-shoulder hard left bore. Where is all this traffic that everyone's getting so het up about? I don't think she was too impressed when I said that, in my opinion, she should buy her grandson a large pack of condoms and tell her daughter not to get so het up about things. I don't really get why some people have gotten so het up about it. Everyone seems to be getting all het up over this. Of course, I always said I was a Trekkie, too, and apparently people who get het up about such things say it should be ‘Trekker.’ Everyone was fairly het up and agitated by that point. Anyhow going to the Greenwoods now (Mother's getting a bit het up because we should have left by now). I've made a little resolution about consumer anger recently, so I'm not going to get all het up and cross about it but you do have to wonder what century it is, precisely, that these people inhabit. Prudie has very little patience with the people who get all het up about the content of children's books. At last - this is the thing Williams is getting all het up about. The reason I'm so het up about one little arrangement of pixels on a screen is that Canada, a civilized country, one of our own, has taken a step in that same terrible direction. It's all too easy to get het up and angry with an organisation. Synonyms anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, bothered, distressed, concerned, upset, distraught, worried sick, disquieted, uneasy, ill at ease, fretful, fretting, agitated, in a state of agitation, nervous, edgy, on edge, like a cat on a hot tin roof, tense, overwrought, worked up, keyed up, strung out, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, stressed, under stress Origin Mid 19th century: from dialect het 'heated, hot', surviving in Scots and northern English dialect. Definition of het up in US English: het up adjectiveˌhɛt ˈəpˌhet ˈəp informal predicative Angry and agitated. 〈非正式〉生气的，焦虑不安的 her husband is all het up about something 她丈夫为了一点什么事情勃然大怒。 Example sentencesExamples I don't really get why some people have gotten so het up about it. Everyone was fairly het up and agitated by that point. Anyhow going to the Greenwoods now (Mother's getting a bit het up because we should have left by now). Of course, I always said I was a Trekkie, too, and apparently people who get het up about such things say it should be ‘Trekker.’ Then I get all het up and angry and upset and frustrated and full of rage and have to remind myself that this imagined conversation never actually took place. The reason I'm so het up about one little arrangement of pixels on a screen is that Canada, a civilized country, one of our own, has taken a step in that same terrible direction. Everyone seems to be getting all het up over this. If you're going to get het up about it though, your complaint should be directed at the management, not the poor unfortunate who'd much rather be somewhere else, doing something else, and is only there by reason of compelling circumstance. In that context, therefore, it is difficult to see why the employers and the Government are getting so het up about a further 7% increase over 18 months. At last - this is the thing Williams is getting all het up about. I've made a little resolution about consumer anger recently, so I'm not going to get all het up and cross about it but you do have to wonder what century it is, precisely, that these people inhabit. The more het up you are, the less capable you become of logical thought. So he can get as het up as he likes about the perceived injustice of it all, while the likes of me just shrug our shoulders and write him off as just another chip-on-your-shoulder hard left bore. I don't think she was too impressed when I said that, in my opinion, she should buy her grandson a large pack of condoms and tell her daughter not to get so het up about things. Where is all this traffic that everyone's getting so het up about? Honestly, I don't know what everyone's getting so het up about… It's all too easy to get het up and angry with an organisation. Don't know if it's a deliberate snub, or just an ‘I didn't know about it’ oversight, so I'm not going to get too het up about it at the moment. You'd think at my age I wouldn't get quite so het up about stuff. Prudie has very little patience with the people who get all het up about the content of children's books. Synonyms anxious, disturbed, perturbed, troubled, bothered, distressed, concerned, upset, distraught, worried sick, disquieted, uneasy, ill at ease, fretful, fretting, agitated, in a state of agitation, nervous, edgy, on edge, like a cat on a hot tin roof, tense, overwrought, worked up, keyed up, strung out, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, stressed, under stress Origin Mid 19th century: from dialect het ‘heated, hot’, surviving in Scots and northern English dialect.
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