sun-hotadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsʌnhɒt/, U.S.

/ˈsənˌhɑt/, Caribbean English

/ˈsʌnˌhɑt/

Forms: Old English sunht (abbreviated form), 1800s– sun-hot.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, hot adj.

Etymology: < sun n.¹ + hot adj.Re-formed in the 19th cent.

A. adj.

1. Made hot or hotter by the sun.

ΚΠ

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.

1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock (U.K. ed.) i. i. 22 The sudden meeting of the sunhot skin with the white flesh in his throat.

1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 23/3 The muslin still smelled of summer and sun-hot grass.

2011 L. Bryan Country Roads of Western BC ix. 106 Wide stretches of sandy beach where the water becomes tropically warm as the sea creeps in over sun-hot sand.

2. hyperbolically. Of a fire, flame, etc.: extremely hot.In quot. 1869 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > extremely or extra

plus chaudc1400

sun-hot1869

1869 Monthly Jrnl. Amer. Unitarian Assoc. Apr. 115 It [sc. the Methodist communion] aims by the gentle or sun-hot flame of emotion, to charm, arouse, fire, man.

1952 S. A. Coblentz Time's Travelers vi. 64 For the mind And heart of man have not the furnace-strength To keep a sun-hot blaze forever bright.

1957 Pop. Sci. Mar. 124/1 What firebox could withstand the sun-hot flame?

2011 A. L. Perry Mark of Perillius xx. 288 A burning ray of sun-hot fire blasted the golem.

B. n. Caribbean and U.S. (in African-American usage, in the areas of South Carolina and Georgia where Gullah is spoken).

1. The heat of the sun; sunshine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > heat of the sun

sun heatOE

sun-hot1871

1871 Notes & Queries 14 Jan. 43/2 Rock a tone dry in a ribber bottom, him no feel sun hot.

1922 A. E. Gonzales Black Border 179 'E ketch all dem fish, en' 'e couldn' sell'um to de buckruh 'cause dem binnuh leddown all day een de sunhot.

1949 V. S. Reid New Day ii. vii. 216 Deep shady verandas where cool-shady makes a man want to go in out of sunhot.

1994 M. Silvera in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 399 Tourist drinking one last Red Stripe beer inna sun hot. Leaving the Caribbean for the North Star.

2. Midday, noon. Also more generally: the time of day when the sun is at its hottest.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun]

noontideeOE

middayOE

overnoonOE

noontimeOE

noona1225

undern13..

high noon1370

undern-tide1387

meridianc1390

merionc1390

meridiec1392

midoverunderna1400

high dayc1425

noon season1461

nooninga1500

noonday1535

midnoon1580

mid-seasona1616

M1741

noon-mark1842

noon1852

sun-hot1894

1894 T. Banbury Jamaica Superstitions 36 Sometimes at ‘sun hot’ (noon) it [sc. a river nymph] would make its appearance on the surface of the water.

1914 Cent. Mag. July 454/1 Tell the driver to stop at sun-hot at the blue hole near Two Meetings.

1924 M. W. Beckwith Jamaica Anansi Stories 289 The man has some teeth a his mouth, they long like a Jack-ass a laugh a sun-hot.

1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vi. 109 The oldest, and still current expression [for noon] is sun hot.

1976 A. Salkey Come Home, Malcolm Heartland ii. 185 An' you know wha' 'appen to dreamers in this daylight worl'? They get kill off in them sleep, in the middle o' the sun-hot.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sun-hot
释义	sun-hotadj.n. Brit. /ˈsʌnhɒt/, U.S. /ˈsənˌhɑt/, Caribbean English /ˈsʌnˌhɑt/ Forms: Old English sunht (abbreviated form), 1800s– sun-hot. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: sun n.¹, hot adj. Etymology: < sun n.¹ + hot adj.Re-formed in the 19th cent. A. adj. 1. Made hot or hotter by the sun. ΚΠ 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. 1911 D. H. Lawrence White Peacock (U.K. ed.) i. i. 22 The sudden meeting of the sunhot skin with the white flesh in his throat. 1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 23/3 The muslin still smelled of summer and sun-hot grass. 2011 L. Bryan Country Roads of Western BC ix. 106 Wide stretches of sandy beach where the water becomes tropically warm as the sea creeps in over sun-hot sand. 2. hyperbolically. Of a fire, flame, etc.: extremely hot.In quot. 1869 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > extremely or extra plus chaudc1400 sun-hot1869 1869 Monthly Jrnl. Amer. Unitarian Assoc. Apr. 115 It [sc. the Methodist communion] aims by the gentle or sun-hot flame of emotion, to charm, arouse, fire, man. 1952 S. A. Coblentz Time's Travelers vi. 64 For the mind And heart of man have not the furnace-strength To keep a sun-hot blaze forever bright. 1957 Pop. Sci. Mar. 124/1 What firebox could withstand the sun-hot flame? 2011 A. L. Perry Mark of Perillius xx. 288 A burning ray of sun-hot fire blasted the golem. B. n. Caribbean and U.S. (in African-American usage, in the areas of South Carolina and Georgia where Gullah is spoken). 1. The heat of the sun; sunshine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > heat of the sun sun heatOE sun-hot1871 1871 Notes & Queries 14 Jan. 43/2 Rock a tone dry in a ribber bottom, him no feel sun hot. 1922 A. E. Gonzales Black Border 179 'E ketch all dem fish, en' 'e couldn' sell'um to de buckruh 'cause dem binnuh leddown all day een de sunhot. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day ii. vii. 216 Deep shady verandas where cool-shady makes a man want to go in out of sunhot. 1994 M. Silvera in S. Brown & J. Wickham Oxf. Bk. Caribbean Short Stories (1999) 399 Tourist drinking one last Red Stripe beer inna sun hot. Leaving the Caribbean for the North Star. 2. Midday, noon. Also more generally: the time of day when the sun is at its hottest. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > noon or midday > [noun] noontideeOE middayOE overnoonOE noontimeOE noona1225 undern13.. high noon1370 undern-tide1387 meridianc1390 merionc1390 meridiec1392 midoverunderna1400 high dayc1425 noon season1461 nooninga1500 noonday1535 midnoon1580 mid-seasona1616 M1741 noon-mark1842 noon1852 sun-hot1894 1894 T. Banbury Jamaica Superstitions 36 Sometimes at ‘sun hot’ (noon) it [sc. a river nymph] would make its appearance on the surface of the water. 1914 Cent. Mag. July 454/1 Tell the driver to stop at sun-hot at the blue hole near Two Meetings. 1924 M. W. Beckwith Jamaica Anansi Stories 289 The man has some teeth a his mouth, they long like a Jack-ass a laugh a sun-hot. 1961 F. G. Cassidy Jamaica Talk vi. 109 The oldest, and still current expression [for noon] is sun hot. 1976 A. Salkey Come Home, Malcolm Heartland ii. 185 An' you know wha' 'appen to dreamers in this daylight worl'? They get kill off in them sleep, in the middle o' the sun-hot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
随便看	self-gotten self-governance self-governed self-governing self-government self-gratification self-gratulating self-gratulatingly self-gratulation self-gratulatory self-gravitating self-gravitation self-gravitational self-gravity self-grooming self-guaranteeing self-guard self-guided self-harm self-harmed self-harmer self-harming self-harms self-hate self-hating