| 词组 | warm |
| 释义 | warm [warmed, warmed, warming] warm to 1. warm to sth • warm up to sth to become more interested in something, start to agree with something, or start to like something and want to do it: ▪ My wife was completely against leaving the baby with anyone else at first, but now she's beginning to warm to the idea. ▪ Mark soon warmed to the task and continued with renewed confidence. ▪ Voters are starting to warm up to the idea warm to your subject/theme (=become more interested or excited as you continue talking about something and want to talk about it more) ▪ By now Terry had warmed to his subject, and was explaining at length his views on women drivers. 2. warm to sb • warm up to sb to start to like someone: ▪ Pinney warmed to the young poet immediately, and asked him back to his home. ▪ Hannah had been slow to warm up to her father. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑take to warm through warm sth through to heat food gently until it is warm: ▪ Stir for 5 minutes until the vegetables are warmed through and coated with sauce. warm up 1. warm up • warm up sb/sth • warm sb/sth up to become warmer, or make something or someone warmer: ▪ In spring the weather soon starts to warm up. ▪ It'll take a few minutes for the central heating system to warm up the room. ▪ Come inside and have a drink. It'll warm you up. ▪ I tried running down the road to warm myself up. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑heat up 2. warm up sth • warm sth up • warm up to heat food, especially food that has already been cooked, so that it is hot enough to eat, or to become hot enough to eat: ▪ She put the lasagne in the oven to warm it up. ▪ Do you want me to warm up some soup for you? ▪ Some home-made apple pie was warming up in the microwave. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑heat up 3. warm up to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body just before playing a sport, dancing etc: ▪ The athletes are warming up for the race. warm-up n C when you do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body just before playing a sport, dancing etc: ▪ The players were doing some stretching exercises as a warm-up. warm-up adj always before noun worn or used for warming up: ▪ Sally takes off her warm-up jacket and runs onto the basketball court. 4. warm up • warm up sth • warm sth up if an engine, computer, machine etc warms up, or you warm it up, it starts to be ready to work properly, usually a short time after switching it on: ▪ He waited for the photocopier to warm up. ▪ As soon as the rain stopped, Woolley got into one of the planes and started warming up the engines. 5. warm up • warm up sth • warm sth up if musicians, singers, or performers warm up, they practise just before a performance: ▪ The band had very little time to warm up before they went on stage. warm-up n C when musicians, singers, or performers practice just before a performance: ▪ After a quick warm-up the guys were ready to go on stage. 6. warm up to perform at a concert, on a television programme etc before the main performer or the main part of the show: ▪ Sheryl Crow is due to warm up for the Rolling Stones on their American tour. ▪ Warming up for tonight's show will be blues fiddler Heather Hardy. warm-up adj only before noun a warm-up band, act etc warms up for the main performer or the main part of the show: ▪ When I saw the Sex Pistols in 1976, the Clash were one of the warm-up bands. 7. warm up if a situation or an event such as a party warms up, it becomes more exciting, enjoyable, or people start to feel very strongly about it: ▪ After midnight, things started to warm up and the party really got going. ▪ America's war of words with Iraq is starting to warm up. warm up to ► see ↑warm to |
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