| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_having-a-temperature-higher-than-what-is-comfortable |
| 释义 | having a temperature higher than what is comfortableThese words all refer to weather or temperatures that are higher than what is comfortable. The most common word for this is hot. Hot can be used to describe the temperature of many things, such as the outside, a room, or food and drink. It's so hot outside! Careful, the coffee is quite hot. The opposite of hot is cold. Eat before your dinner gets cold. For more opposites of hot, see the article at cold. If something has a high temperature that is pleasant, but is not hot, you can use the adjective warm to describe it. After all this rain, it's nice to have a warm, sunny day for a change. The bread is still warm from the oven. If the weather outside or the temperature inside is very hot, you can use the adjectives scorching, blistering, or sweltering. We're due for another scorching summer day. We've had blistering heat this week. She won the race despite the sweltering heat. It's sweltering in here - turn on the fan! In informal contexts, you can also use boiling. It's absolutely boiling in here. If the temperature outside or inside is extremely hot and unpleasant, and especially if the air is very still, you can describe the weather or the room as stifling or oppressive. The thunderstorm broke the stifling heat of the afternoon. With no air-conditioning and in all this humidity, the kitchen is utterly stifling. The oppressive afternoon heat was making him feel tired. Liquid that is extremely hot can be described as scalding. She burned herself on scalding water from the kettle. The bath was scalding hot. If food is pleasantly very hot, you could describe it as piping hot. Piping hot is usually an approving phrase. She gave us a bowl of piping hot soup. If something is not as hot as it should be, it could be described as lukewarm. Lukewarm is mostly a disapproving word. Yuck! This coffee's lukewarm! Related articlesto become hot or make someone or something hot feeling hot |
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