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单词 fire-hot
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fire-hotadj.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪəˌhɒt/, U.S. /ˈfaɪ(ə)rˌhɑt/
Forms: see fire n. and hot adj. and n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fire n., hot adj.
Etymology: < fire n. + hot adj. Compare Middle High German viurheiz (German †feuerheiß).
1. Very hot, red-hot.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > burning hot
fire-hotOE
fieryc1300
ferventa1400
ardentc1440
firous?1504
fervid1599
torrid1611
flamatious1688
flaming1694
phlogistic1777
OE Glosses to Colloquies of Ælfric Bata (St. John's Oxf. 154) in A. S. Napier Old Eng. Glosses (1900) 226/1 Torrida [aura] : fyrh[at]... Soliflua : sunh[a]t.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. x. iv. 560 At [read as] it fareþ in firhoot yren [L. in ferro ignito] and in brennynge cole.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. 344v/1 Thenne the Emperour dyde do make a fyre vnder an oxe of brasse or copper And whan it was fyre hote he commaunded that they shold be put therin al quyck and a lyue.
1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. iv. f. 40 They inuented also Targettes of metall to be made fire hote, in the which they put burning sand, & scalding lyme.
1608 G. Hakewill Vanitie of Eie xi. 59 The good Empresse..walked over fire hot culters, with naked feet, vnhurt.
1678 R. Russel tr. Jabir ibn Haiyan Wks. Geber iii. ii. iii. v. 224 That the Plates may be kept fire-hot.
1724 J. Beaumont Gleanings Antiq. 201 Bless and sanctify this Iron,..so that if an Innocent..shall take it Fire-hot in his Hand, he may appear unhurt.
1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair vi. liv. 149 As would a hen leap on a fire-hot griddle.
1934 ‘M. Constantine’ Proud Man ii. 80 The old woman's feet had been painfully scalded with the fire-hot liquid.
2010 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 31 Jan. 90 The floor is hot, firehot. I pull the wet blanket underneath me and sit on it.
2. figurative. Inflamed with zeal, passion, or lust; ardent, fervent.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [adjective] > full of sexual desire
fire-hotOE
hot?a1300
venereal?a1475
warm1897
hot pants1927
sexed-up1933
supersexual1961
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > inflamed with passion
fire-hotOE
eschaufedc1374
on firea1393
inflammatec1450
inflamed1526
enkindled1549
boiling1579
seething1590
heated1595
red-hot1598
aflame1632
on flame1656
ablaze1819
burnt1859
incandescent1859
OE Cynewulf Elene 936 Him wæs halig gast befolen fæste, fyrhat lufu, weallende gewitt þurh wi[t]gan snyttro.
1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D I dare saie..(with that firehot Preacher) that [etc.].
1599 J. Weever Epigrammes sig. E6 Faire fire-hot Uenus.
1605 T. Hutton Reasons for Refusal 37 In the daies of firehot persecution.
1658 E. Elys Divine Poems 45 O take me unto Thee, With Fire-Hot Zeal Melt Thou my Heart.
1712 R. D. Descr. Gospel Church Pref. 5 A zealous, fire-hot, thriving and growing Christian.
1758 G. Tennent Serm. on Important Subj. xviii. 414 Hypocrites are..cool in God's Cause, and fire-hot in their own.
1841 W. G. Simms Kinsmen I. ii. 26 We're all true blue, and he a fire-hot tory.
1898 Literature 29 Jan. 114/1 His personality colours every page with its fire-hot enthusiasm.
1901 Academy 23 Mar. 267/1 A poet of redundant fantasy and redundant passion—unrestrained, over-running, fire-hot.
2001 N.Y. Times 7 Oct. b11 The tradition lapsed when the family came to New York, until Mr. Miah..took it up with a fire-hot passion.
3. Of food: having a taste characterized by an intense burning sensation; very spicy.
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1968 Life 20 Dec. (unnumbered section between pp. 8 and 9) Each slice of bread laid over with fire-hot Mexican green peppers.
1999 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 21 Apr. c9 Shelves beside the countertop brim with fire-hot chili sauces.
2005 F. Wisner Honeymoon with my Brother 161 ‘Unbelievable,’ John said between mouthfuls of fire-hot curry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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