1Begin to like (someone)

1. 1.1Become more interested in or enthusiastic about (something)
   对…更感兴趣，对…更有热情
   I never really warmed to the idea of moving
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The Minister for Communications, Senator Alston, initially warmed to the idea, but denies that it's because the Government has changed its strategy on splitting up the telco.
   • Jowell warms to her theme: by simply treating voters as consumers, ‘we will miss the opportunity to build a better kind of society’.
   • One very important consequence of this was that many people included in the still emerging state, and who might have been warming to the idea of nation, were alienated from it.
   • She warms to her theme of the idiosyncrasies of the Loach method.
   • He survived building that railroad,’ said the old chap, resting on a nearby grave and warming to his theme.
   • Mr Brown's priority is public services and the Treasury has not warmed to the idea of British membership over the past four years; it appears to be even more wary now than it was in 1997.
   • Year 6 Pupils from the six main feeder pupils to Our Lady and St John RC High School, Blackburn, are at present warming to the idea of their secondary school lives ahead.
   • Though Nora is at first reluctant about going away for the holidays, she soon warms to the idea.
   • Auckland University remains firmly opposed, although it is understood that some universities are warming to the idea.
   • He said increasing numbers of companies were warming to the idea, and 9.9 was keen to work on similar projects, whether at home or abroad, in the future.
   Synonyms

   become enthusiastic about, become supportive of, become excited about, become excited over, become animated about, become animated over

1Prepare for physical exertion or a performance by exercising or practicing gently beforehand.

乐队在作演奏前的练习。

1. 1.1(of an engine or electrical appliance) reach a temperature high enough to allow it to operate efficiently.
   （发动机，电器）达到有效工作温度，预热
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Instead of waiting for the car to warm up, it is better to drive the vehicle in low gear till the engine warms up.
   • A swirl control valve that increases the air/fuel mixture when the engine is warming up improves combustion.
   • Ken set the mixtures to auto lean and warmed up the engines at 1000 rpm.
   • This allows the engine to warm up faster, cutting exhaust emissions, and reduces fuel consumption by about 3 percent because it is not geared to the engine.
   • The car may not start well and works rather sluggishly until the engine warms up.
   • In a minute I'm in my car with the doors locked and the engine warming up.
   • Although now I can hear the noise of the snowploughs working away and some aircraft warming up their engines.
   • A spokesman for AA Roadwatch advised motorists to take extra care in the arctic conditions and to allow more time to warm up their vehicles in the morning.
   • By this time the truck's engine has warmed up enough to allow a shift up into second gear, then third and finally fourth - or top gear.
   • Check that the tyre pressures are correct, the brakes are in good working order and that the engine warms up as quickly as possible.
2. 1.2Become livelier or more animated.
   更加活泼；更具活力
   after several more rounds, things began to warm up in the bar

   又经过几轮之后，酒吧里的气氛开始变得活跃起来。

1Reheat previously cooked food.

1. 1.1Amuse or entertain an audience or crowd so as to make them more receptive to the main act.
   逗乐观众（使他们更容易进入欣赏主要表演的状态）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • There were hundreds of extras there playing the studio audience, and I found myself warming them up, telling them what would happen and what was expected of them.
   • So Dalrymple warmed the audience up at the Oxford-Bookstore Gallery with a few Comic Anecdotes.
   • By the time Papa Roach exited the stage at around 9 pm, the crowd was warmed up and ready for the main entertainment, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
   • The host for the evening, MC Silky was great, making everyone feel welcome and relaxed, playing silly songs on his guitar and telling good jokes to warm the audience up.
   • Prior to Simon's appearance the crowd was warmed up by local singer Brian O'Gorman, who treated all to an ensemble of everything from The Stunning to Crowded House.
   • Nightclub DJs feel the pulse of the crowd, warm them up with some pop and play the current dance hits.
   • I merely thought that Raczysnki was warming the crowd up for the inevitable madness to come.
   • Without a studio audience to warm things up, Vaughan's attempts to jolly things along fall flat to the sounds of nervous giggles from the crew.
   • A band, in slow, last chorus finality, warms the crowd up nicely.
   • Scottish folk favourite John McCusker will do his bit to warm the audience up with his fiddle playing.
   Synonyms

   enliven, liven, liven up, stimulate, animate, rouse, put some life into, stir, stir up, move, excite, cheer up