考研英语单词：描述物体的不同用语

　　一、用于物体

　　1、 用于液体的考研英语单词

　　1) Piping hot，特别指食物，如汤　A bowl of piping hot soup

　　2) Boiling hot

　　3) Steaming hot

　　4) Scalding hot：The coffee is scalding hot.

　　2、 用于固体 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　1) Red-hot: 用于各种物体

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　　2) White-hot：只用于金属

　　3、 用于气体

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　　1) Steamy 　考研英语单词例句：The steamy air in this room is unbearable. 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　2) Hot: hot air 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　4、 液体或固体兼可

　　1) Scalding

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　　a) Scalding hot water: "What do you think of the news that a womanallegedly poured scalding hot water on her husband?"

　　b) The coffee is scalding hot.

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　　c) The scalding kettle 茶壶烧烫了(茶壶表面摸上去很烫手): One of the locals had experienced a severe burn on his upper-arm from a scalding kettle.

　　2) Burning

　　a) A burning piece of iron: "There was a police mobile, so I was relaxed and was on my way to the relative's house when a burning piece of iron hit my leg and I fell. At first, I thought that the police have opened the fire," he said.

　　b) A burning rock: I myself, based on what you have posted here, would be dropping this guy like a burning rock.

　　二、用于空间

　　1) Overheated房间内很热：overheated. 例：

　　Don't sleep in an overheated room. I think the engine's overheating again. Try not to overheat the sauce.

　　2) Stifling：a stifling, crowded train

　　三、用于人

　　表示人感到热，又该用什么词呢?众多“热”词选手中，只有多少个有此才干。

　　1、hot: if you feel hot, your body feels hot in a way that is uncomfortable : I was hot and tired after the journey.

　　The wine made her feel hot.

　　I feel so hot that I want to take off all my clothes.

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　　A hot girl. She is hot. 等再也不是“觉得很热”的意思了。

　　2. bake　(vi)used to say that a person or place is very hot : 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　We sat baking in the sun.

　　I'm baking!

　　I am baked in the scorching sun. 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　3. roasted/roasting: I am roasting/roasted in the scorching sun.

　　a roasting hot day

　　I'm absolutely roasting in this suit. 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　4. sweat/perspire:

　　sweat：I was sweating a lot despite the air conditioning.

　　sweat heavily/profusely (= sweat a lot ) Within minutes she was sweating profusely. 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　perspire：If you perspire, parts of your body become wet,especially because you are hot or have been doing hard work SYN sweat:

　　Willie was perspiring heavily.The game of squash left me perspiring profusely.He mopped his perspiring face with a handkerchief.

　　5、boiling: You must be boiling in that sweater.

　　(Informal) It is boiling hot in here.

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　　四、用于物体(烧、灼烧相关) 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　1、 Singe: to damage hair, wool, paper etc by burning it slightly so that the ends or edges are burnt : The flames were hot enough to singe your eyebrows.singing，那成了“唱歌”啦，而是singeing

　　2、 scorch：To damage the surface of something by burning it so that a dark mark is left on it : Having the iron on a very high heat can scorch the fabric. The heater was left on all night and it scorched the wall. 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　直接灼烧物体名义导致名义烧焦留下一个烧焦(糊)的印迹――破坏性比singe强。考研英语单词例：Having the iron on a very high heat can scorch the fabric. The heater was left on all night and it scorched the wall.

　　3、 burn　直接焚烧，以达到完全损坏之目的　(考研英语单词等同于set fire to或set …on fire…这是明火执仗的“放火”了)――破坏性最强 英语之家www.yingyuzhijia.com

　　4、 Scald: to burn your skin with very hot liquid or steam: The coffee was so hot it nearly scalded his tongue. It's easy to knock a pan off the stove and scald yourself. | He was scalded by steam escaping from the broken pip

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