It's the hottest time of the year again, and when it comes to hot, how would you describe it in English?
大部分人只会回答：I am hot 。
However, this statement is really indescribable, and when foreigners hear it, it is estimated that it is a big misunderstanding.
Because in English, although hot is used to describe hot days, it also means "hot and sexy".
So I am hot, to foreigners, it sounds like you boast of your good figure, convex and backward......
If you're not careful, you'll expose your scumbag's English level, right?
So, how exactly do you express "hot"? Let's learn some of the sayings of the tricks.
『 boiling 』
If foreigners want to describe the hot weather, one of the tricks is to associate high temperature with "steaming heat".
For example, boiling is derived from boil, which originally means boiling water or other liquids. Boiling becomes boiling, which is used to describe the "piping hot".
You must be boiling in that sweater.
You must be hot in that sweater.
She was running boiling hot water into the tub.
She was pouring piping hot hot water into the tub.
Do you mind if I open the window?
I'm boiling.
Do you mind if I open a window?
I'm dying of heat.
『 scorching 』
In the same vein as boiling, there is also scorching.
Scorching is derived from scorch, which originally means "to roast". So when you think about it, you can feel the feeling of the heat wave at the barbecue stand.
The slight haze presages another scorching day.
The mist heralds another hot day.
『 sizzling 』
In addition to the above two, the following word sizzling is the same reason.
Sizzling is derived from sizzle, which originally referred to the sizzling sound of fried food.
In general, only in the case of very high temperatures, such as fried chicken nuggets, will have such a sound, so this word is also used to describe high temperatures.
It has two meanings, one is in the direction of food and the other is in the direction of weather.
1) Sizzling sounds
a sizzling steak
Crispy ribs
2) Particularly hot, like it has been roasted by fire
the sizzling summer temparature
The scorching heat of summer
『 blistering 』
Whether in China or in the West, being scalded by boiling hot water is a very painful thing.
Blister originally means blister.
Therefore, blistering means "blistering", which is used to describe the extreme heat.
The blistering days of midsummer
Scorching midsummer heat
『 burning 』
There is also burning, without further ado, let's look at a few examples.
1) Fiery
burning hot irons
Fiery iron
2) Intense
They all share a burning interest in business.
They are all interested in business.
『 humid 』
Of course, the above ones may be more "dry hot".
And if you want to describe the sticky and humid heat of lower latitudes, you can also use the word humid.
Singapore was dank and humid.
Singapore is humid and hot.
『 sweltering 』
Sweltering is also a good adjective to describe "hot and humid".
The word is derived from swelter, which originally means "unbearably hot, dizzy".
Generally speaking, sweltering describes a kind of stuffiness that makes people breathless.
a sweltering summer night.
On a sweltering summer night
Okay, have you learned all of the above about hot weather?