| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/having-a-temperature-higher-than-what-is-comfortable |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:having a temperature higher than what is comfortablehaving 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 ishot.Hotcan 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 ofhotiscold. Eat before your dinner gets cold. For more opposites ofhot, see the article atcold. If something has a high temperature that is pleasant, but is not hot, you can use the adjectivewarmto 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 adjectivesscorching,blistering, orsweltering. 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 useboiling. 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 asstiflingoroppressive. 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 asscalding. She burned herself on scalding water from the kettle. The bath was scalding hot. If food is pleasantly very hot, you could describe it aspiping hot.Piping hotis 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 aslukewarm.Lukewarmis 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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