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单词 red-hot
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Definition of red-hot in English:

red-hot

adjective rɛdˈhɒtˈrɛd ˈˌhɑt
  • 1So hot as to glow red.

    (物质)赤热的,炽热的

    red-hot coals

    炽热燃烧的煤炭。

    the red-hot handle burnt his hand

    炽热的手柄烫伤了他的手。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Walking down the road in those thin-soled sandals was close to walking over red-hot coal.
    • They show animal claws scratching across concrete, red-hot rusty wires glowing orange in the dark, and bloodied knives arranged along the body at the sites of pain.
    • He pulled the metal out of the fire, examining the red-hot tip, then put it back in.
    • In retaliation, the bewildered girl says, one of her small hands was burned on a red-hot stove.
    • She stared into the depths of the fire and saw nothing but the curling tongues wrapped around red-hot coal.
    • A red-hot shower of burning debris rained down on him.
    • Imagine there's a religion that believes in burning children with a red-hot iron.
    • He made each of his players run barefoot over red-hot coals.
    • ‘Promise me you'll at least hear me out before you decide that you don't believe me,’ I said quietly, staring into the red-hot flames of the fire.
    • His bare feet really do touch the red-hot coals.
    • With the help of professionals we are inviting the public to walk over a 20 ft path of red-hot coals.
    • In our turf-fire environment, the unusual smells of coal slack and hooves burning when a red-hot shoe was fitted, although unpleasant, are nonetheless memorable.
    • Depending on the type of coach and chassis, they would have narrowly avoided being minced by a propshaft turning at thousands of revolutions a minute or burned by red-hot exhaust pipes.
    • Gloved workers, their eyes shaded, manhandle glowing, red-hot bars of old iron from a furnace into a rolling mill.
    • A seaman in the US Navy in World War II ran barefoot across the red-hot deck of a burning ship to save a fellow sailor's life.
    • Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
    • Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned?
    • As darkness descended, the increasingly restless audience, now numbering over a thousand, took up their positions around the cordoned-off red-hot coals, spread in a circle on the village square.
    • It was like a red-hot fire spreading through her.
    • A single pot balanced on the mecha-stove, the two glowing iron coils red-hot beneath it.
    Synonyms
    hot, glowing, red hot, aglow, smouldering
  • 2Very exciting, interesting, or good.

    our red-hot creativity department
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Higher interest rates could cool the red-hot housing market in some parts of the world, Rajan said.
    • There's nothing like gaining a reputation as a red-hot creative shop for turning up the pressure in a business where you're only as good as your last ad.
    • We can make transport an interesting, attractive, galvanising, inspiring, or perhaps red-hot issue, but buses, trams and even Freudian trains are not and never will be sexy.
    • The red-hot jazz saxophonist Bhumibol and his beautiful Queen Sirikit, who celebrated their golden jubilee on May 5, 2000, continue to reign and enjoy the respect and devotion of the Thai people.
    1. 2.1 Very passionate.
      充满热情的,热烈的
      a red-hot lover

      热恋情人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The campaign will include recipes which, it is claimed, can turn the coldest of fish into red-hot lovers.
      • It isn't easy being a red-hot lover these days, but take heart, help is at hand for those with a penchant for penning a love poem.
      • To an astrophysicist, red-hot foods and red-hot lovers both leave room for improvement.
      • Mozart is the dominant composer at the festival, which also has traditional and jazz aspects, including the red-hot tangos of Astor Piazzola.
      • Show-stopping Irish dance leads into passionate flamenco and red-hot salsa routines.
      • A surge of passion could turn you into a red-hot lover but you must not allow it to make you foolishly impulsive.
      • Questioned about the suggestion Day had lusted after her, MacGregor replied: ‘I can't put Robin in the category of red-hot lovers.’
      Synonyms
      dedicated, devoted, committed, loyal, faithful, staunch, genuine, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, intense, vehement, active, sworn, pledged
    2. 2.2 (of a favourite in a race or other contest) most strongly expected to win.
      (赛跑等)最被看好的,最有希望获胜的
      Ipswich Town are red-hot favourites for the championship

      伊普斯威奇城队是夺冠的大热门。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The hosts, red-hot favourites to win the match at the start of play yesterday, were left to ponder if they had left their declaration too late.
      • Back in 1971, the mercurial Alex Murphy pulled off a minor miracle when unfancied Leigh toppled red-hot favourites Leeds to win the Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
      • Unlike our boys in Japan, Steve is the red-hot favourite to win both the first round downhill race in Fort William and the World Cup itself.
      • There was no disgrace in their defeat by a Leigh team who will be red-hot favourites going into the play-offs.
      • They have come from behind before but Arsenal are the red-hot favourites.
      • From that point on her focus had been on the Olympic marathon, for which she started a red-hot favourite.
      • The United States will be red-hot favourites to successfully defend their gold medal in Athens as they call on a who's who of the best in the game.
      • The big news story of the Athens Olympics was Paula Radcliffe, Britian's red-hot marathon gold-medal favourite, failing to finish.
      • Manchester United, now six points clear, are obviously red-hot favourites for the title.
      • The England men's Ashes success has ensured that the red-hot favourite for the Sports Personality of the Year is a man.
      • Starting the opening round at Fort William as red-hot favourite, a momentary lapse of concentration saw Peat sailing over the handlebars on a one-way ticket to doubts and disillusionment.
      • Undercliffe are the holders and red-hot favourites.
      • Chester defeated the Giants three times out of four last season and start red-hot favourites to make it four out five.
      • And he has raised his game so much since then that he goes to Athens as world kilometre champion - and a red-hot favourite for gold.
      • When the Ryder Cup was originally scheduled for last September, the Americans were red-hot favourites with even the most optimistic European golf fan.
      • The Irish are red-hot favourites after winning their first three matches while Wales are fighting to avoid the wooden spoon after losing to Italy, Scotland and England.
      • Whether he gets to face Shane Warne at any other time during the Ashes series remains to be seen, but he should be a red-hot favourite to go to India in the winter.
      • Four years ago she went to Athens as red-hot favourite for the 1500m, the fastest in the field by, well, not a mile, but a long streak - only to break down with injury in the qualifying rounds.
      • Today, he is the red-hot favourite to win the classic 12 km race for the third year.
      • Bundaberg will also be Everigham's first event of the year and after a sensational finish to last year's tour he is expected be one of the red-hot favourites for the 2004 Australian Title.

Definition of red-hot in US English:

red-hot

adjectiveˈrɛd ˈˌhɑtˈred ˈˌhät
  • 1(of a substance) so hot as to glow red.

    (物质)赤热的,炽热的

    red-hot coals

    炽热燃烧的煤炭。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Depending on the type of coach and chassis, they would have narrowly avoided being minced by a propshaft turning at thousands of revolutions a minute or burned by red-hot exhaust pipes.
    • They show animal claws scratching across concrete, red-hot rusty wires glowing orange in the dark, and bloodied knives arranged along the body at the sites of pain.
    • Why is it possible for bare feet to touch red-hot coals without getting burned?
    • With the help of professionals we are inviting the public to walk over a 20 ft path of red-hot coals.
    • It was like a red-hot fire spreading through her.
    • In our turf-fire environment, the unusual smells of coal slack and hooves burning when a red-hot shoe was fitted, although unpleasant, are nonetheless memorable.
    • His bare feet really do touch the red-hot coals.
    • He pulled the metal out of the fire, examining the red-hot tip, then put it back in.
    • Gloved workers, their eyes shaded, manhandle glowing, red-hot bars of old iron from a furnace into a rolling mill.
    • In retaliation, the bewildered girl says, one of her small hands was burned on a red-hot stove.
    • A red-hot shower of burning debris rained down on him.
    • Walking down the road in those thin-soled sandals was close to walking over red-hot coal.
    • A seaman in the US Navy in World War II ran barefoot across the red-hot deck of a burning ship to save a fellow sailor's life.
    • Imagine there's a religion that believes in burning children with a red-hot iron.
    • A single pot balanced on the mecha-stove, the two glowing iron coils red-hot beneath it.
    • He made each of his players run barefoot over red-hot coals.
    • She stared into the depths of the fire and saw nothing but the curling tongues wrapped around red-hot coal.
    • ‘Promise me you'll at least hear me out before you decide that you don't believe me,’ I said quietly, staring into the red-hot flames of the fire.
    • Under the cover of darkness, exotic sports cars come alive with red-hot glowing brakes, flaming exhausts and sparks from contact as drivers battle both the elements and other drivers.
    • As darkness descended, the increasingly restless audience, now numbering over a thousand, took up their positions around the cordoned-off red-hot coals, spread in a circle on the village square.
    Synonyms
    hot, glowing, red hot, aglow, smouldering
    1. 1.1 Very hot, especially too hot to touch.
      热得发烫的,烫得发红的
      the red-hot handle burned his hand

      炽热的手柄烫伤了他的手。

      figurative the red-hot attack letter they received last week
  • 2Extremely exciting or popular.

    令人非常激动的,非常流行的

    red-hot jazz

    特别流行的爵士乐。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Higher interest rates could cool the red-hot housing market in some parts of the world, Rajan said.
    • There's nothing like gaining a reputation as a red-hot creative shop for turning up the pressure in a business where you're only as good as your last ad.
    • The red-hot jazz saxophonist Bhumibol and his beautiful Queen Sirikit, who celebrated their golden jubilee on May 5, 2000, continue to reign and enjoy the respect and devotion of the Thai people.
    • We can make transport an interesting, attractive, galvanising, inspiring, or perhaps red-hot issue, but buses, trams and even Freudian trains are not and never will be sexy.
    1. 2.1 Very passionate.
      充满热情的,热烈的
      a red-hot lover

      热恋情人。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mozart is the dominant composer at the festival, which also has traditional and jazz aspects, including the red-hot tangos of Astor Piazzola.
      • It isn't easy being a red-hot lover these days, but take heart, help is at hand for those with a penchant for penning a love poem.
      • To an astrophysicist, red-hot foods and red-hot lovers both leave room for improvement.
      • Questioned about the suggestion Day had lusted after her, MacGregor replied: ‘I can't put Robin in the category of red-hot lovers.’
      • Show-stopping Irish dance leads into passionate flamenco and red-hot salsa routines.
      • A surge of passion could turn you into a red-hot lover but you must not allow it to make you foolishly impulsive.
      • The campaign will include recipes which, it is claimed, can turn the coldest of fish into red-hot lovers.
      Synonyms
      dedicated, devoted, committed, loyal, faithful, staunch, genuine, firm, steadfast, resolute, unwavering, sincere, wholehearted, keen, earnest, enthusiastic, zealous, passionate, ardent, fervent, intense, vehement, active, sworn, pledged
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