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词组 heat
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heat
Theme: POLICE
n. the police. (Underworld. Always with the.)
The heat is gonna catch up with you, Ernie.Who tipped the heat off about me?
Theme: PRESSURE
n. pressure.
There's a lot of heat on Fred right now.The boss put some heat on Wally, and things are moving faster now.
Theme: WEAPONRY
n. a gun; armaments. (Underworld.)
Lefty has his heat on him at all times.Rocko never carries heat.

IDIOMSLANG
HEAT
(as) hot as hell
very hot. (Informal. Use hell with caution.)
It's as hot as hell outside. It must be near 100 degrees.I hate to get into a car that has been parked in the sun. It's hot as hell.
(as) warm as toast
very warm and cozy.
The baby will be warm as toast in that blanket.We were as warm as toast by the side of the fire.
heat
noun
1
pressure, stress US, 1929.
2
the police US, 1931.
3
intense police interest or pressure following a crime US, 1928.
4
a firearm US, 1926.
5
crowd or audience reaction. An entertainment industry term embraced by professional wrestling US, 1958.
6
popularity, audience appeal US, late 1970s.
7
in roller derby, a fight, be it scripted or spontaneous, staged or real US, 1999.
8
in pinball, the part of the pinball machine that rises as a panel in the front of the machine. Conventionally known as the 'lightbox' US, 1977.
9
the ultimate, the best US, 1985.
10
a dildo US, 1999. on heatof a woman, sexually aroused. Correctly used of animals UK, 1937. take the heatto sunbathe US, 1968. take the heat off; take heat offto relieve the pressure on someone UK, 1979
idiomheatthe heat is onused in order to say that a situation is very difficult, especially because people are criticizing you or expecting you to do something:When the heat is on at work, make sure that you still manage to eat reasonably good meals, at normal times.Next day the protesters arrived at the site of the new power station, and the heat was on.opposite the heat is off: We knew that we couldn't get to the final, so the heat was off, and we played better.
Note These idioms were first used by criminals talking about the police, whom they called 'the heat'. If the police were looking for them, then the heat was on. When the police were not looking for them the heat was off.
if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchenused in order to tell someone not to complain about the difficulties of their situation, especially when they are responsible for doing something important or dealing with problems:As a politician, you get a lot of malicious attention from the media. But that's part of the job - if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.Our job is changing, so we have to learn new skills. If you can't stand the heat, you get out of the kitchen.in the heat of the momentif you do or say something in the heat of the moment, you do it or say it without stopping to think about it, because you are excited or angry:The decision to arrest the boys was made in the heat of the moment, but it was later upheld in a court of law.Paulson apologized for his apparently racist remarks, saying that they were made in the heat of the moment.turn up the heat (on sb)to criticize or threaten someone and make them feel that they have to improve the way that they do things, or that they have to do what you want:Newspaper interest in the subject of pollution has certainly turned up the heat on the water industry.Business leaders around the state are turning up the heat on government to provide more tax relief.
phraseheat[heated, heated, heating]
heat through
heat through sthheat sth throughheat through BrE if you heat food through or if it heats through, you make it hot: The rice may be prepared in advance and heated through later. Finally stir in the tomato paste and let the mixture heat through.
heat up 1. heat upheat up sthheat sth up to become hotter, or to make something become hotter: The lake is shallow, so the water heats up very quickly in the summer. We know that the effects of pollution may be heating up the earth's climate. SIMILAR TO: warm up2. heat up sthheat sth up to make cooked food hot again after it has become cold: She heated up some more of the stew and took it out to him. It's so easy to just pull something out of the freezer and heat it up. SIMILAR TO: warm up3. heat up if a situation heats up, it becomes more serious or more exciting, because people start to argue, fight, or compete with each other a lot more: Things are starting to heat up in central Europe, and people are worried that there could be another World War. The company is experiencing some difficulty as competition heats up. Although the election is still a year away, the political scene is already heating up. SIMILAR TO: hot up informal BrE

heat

1. and the heat n. the police. (Underworld.) The heat is gonna catch up with you, Ernie.
2. n. pressure. The boss put some heat on Willy, and things are moving faster now.
3. n. a gun; armaments. (see also heater.) Lefty has his heat on him at all times.
See:
  • be in heat
  • be packing (heat)
  • beat the heat
  • catch heat
  • come in heat
  • come in(to) heat
  • dead heat
  • dead heat, in a
  • get in(to) heat
  • go in(to) heat
  • heat
  • heat up
  • heat wave
  • If you can’t stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
  • if you can't stand the heat
  • if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen
  • if you can't stand the heat, keep out of the kitchen
  • in a dead heat
  • in heat
  • in the heat of
  • in the heat of (something)
  • in the heat of the moment
  • it's not the heat, it's the humidity
  • pack heat
  • put the heat on
  • put the heat on (one)
  • put the heat on someone
  • put the screws on someone
  • take (some) heat
  • take some heat
  • take the heat
  • take the heat off
  • take the heat off (of) (someone or something)
  • take the heat off someone
  • take the heat out of (something)
  • take the heat out of something
  • take the heat, to
  • the heat
  • the heat is on
  • turn on the heat
  • turn the heat on (someone or something)
  • turn the heat on someone or something
  • turn the heat up
  • turn up the heat
  • turn up the heat on
  • turn up the heat on someone
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