het up
adjective/ˌhet ˈʌp/
/ˌhet ˈʌp/
[not before noun] (informal)- het up (about/over something) anxious, excited or slightly angry
焦虑;兴奋;生气 - What are you getting so het up about?
什么事让你这么激动? - He was all het up about the extra cost.
他对额外的费用感到很兴奋。 - She got rather het up with some of the journalists.
她对一些记者感到相当恼怒。
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from dialect het ‘heated, hot’, surviving in Scots and northern English dialect. - What are you getting so het up about?