heat
noun uk/hiːt/ us/hiːt/
(TEMPERATURE)
B1 [ S or U ]热，高温，热度
the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature of something
the heat of the sun/fire 太阳／火的高温
How do you manage to work in this heat without air conditioning? 在这种高温且没有空调的情况下你是怎么工作的？
She always wore a coat, even in the heat of summer. 她总是穿着大衣，甚至在炎热的夏天也不例外。
Cook the meat on a high/low heat (= at a high/low temperature). 用高温／低温来烹调肉。
- More examples
- Turn the oven to a low heat.
- Firefighters were driven back by the heat of the flames.
- A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun.
- Let the liquid come to the boil and then reduce the heat.
- The flowers were drooping in the heat.
(IN BUILDING)
A2 [ U ] US (also mainly UK heating)供暖系统，暖气设备
the system that keeps a building warm
Is the heat on? 暖气开着吗？
(RACE)
[ C ]预赛，小组赛
a less important race or competition in which it is decided who will compete in the final event
(ANIMAL)
on heatUK (US in heat) 发情
An animal that is in heat is in a state of sexual excitement and ready to breed.
Idioms
in the heat of the momentidiom 盛怒之下，一时激动
If you say or do something in the heat of the moment, you say or do it without thinking because you are very angry or excited.
He didn't mean it - he said it in the heat of the moment. 那不是他的本意——他是盛怒之下才说那些话的。
if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchenidiom saying 怕热就别呆在厨房里，如果再抱怨就别干了
used as a way to tell someone that they should either stop complaining about a difficult or unpleasant activity, or stop doing it
put the heat on someoneidiom informal 劝说（某人）;给（某人）施加压力
to try to persuade or force someone to do something
take the heat off someoneidiom informal 使（某人）少受批评
If someone or something takes the heat off you, he, she, or it reduces the amount of criticism you have to deal with.
The deputy's resignation over the scandal has taken some of the heat off his superior. 副手因丑闻而辞职，这使他的上级少受了一些批评。
the heat is onidiom slang 开始一段忙碌（又有压力）的日子
If you say the heat is on, you mean that a time of great activity and/or pressure has begun.
With only months to go before the deadline, the heat is on. 离最后期限只剩下几个月，大家的苦日子开始了。
heat
verb [ I or T ] uk/hiːt/ us/hiːt/
B2 （使）变热，（使）变暖
to make something hot or warm, or to become hot or warm
A large house like this must be expensive to heat. 像这么大的房子取暖费一定很不少。
Shall I heat up some soup for lunch? 午饭我是不是应该热点汤呢？
- More examples
- She's too miserly to heat the house properly.
- The fire heats the room up within minutes.
- The room was heated by a wood-burning stove.
- If you heat water to 100°C it turns to steam.
- Some kinds of plastic become pliable if they're heated.