| 词组 | warm |
| 释义 | warm 1. adjective good UK, 1996 2. noun an act of warming; an act of becoming warm. Colloquial UK, 1768 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 ideawarm 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 up2. 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 up3. 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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