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heat/hi:t/ n. & v.●n. 1a the condition of being hot 热;高温 b the sensation or perception of this 热的程度或感觉 c high temperature of the body (体温)发烧 2 Physics 【物理学】a a form of energy arising from the random motion of the molecules of bodies, which may be transferred by conduction, convection, or radiation 热能 b the amount of this needed to cause a specific process, or evolved in a process 热能能量 heat of formation 转换热; heat of solution 溶解热 3 hot weather 炎热的天气 succumbed to the heat 热死 4a warmth of feeling 热情;激情 b anger or excitement 愤怒;激动 the heat of the argument 激烈的争论 5 (foll. by 后跟 of) the most intense part or period of an activity 最热烈的部分,最激烈的时期 in the heat of the battle 激战中 6 a (usu. preliminary or trial) round in a race or contest 赛次;预赛 7 the receptive period of the sexual cycle, esp. in female mammals (尤指雌性动物的)发情期 8 redness of the skin with a sensation of heat (皮肤)红且热 prickly heat 痱子 9 pungency of flavour 辛辣;辣味 10 slang intensive pursuit, e.g. by the police [俚语]警察等的大力侦查;穷追不舍 ●v. 1 tr. & intr. make or become hot or warm 使热;变热 2 tr. inflame; excite or intensify 使愤怒;使激动 □ in the heat of the moment during or resulting from intense activity, without pause for thought 一时性起;一时激动之下 □ on heat (of mammals, esp. females) sexually receptive (哺乳动物,尤指雌性动物)在发情期 □ turn the heat on colloq. concentrate an attack or criticism on (a person) [口]攻击,批评 [Old English htu, from Germanic] |