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单词 piping hot
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Definition of piping hot in English:

piping hot

adjectiveˌpʌɪpɪŋ ˈhɒt
  • (of food or water) very hot.

    as adjective the crust was piping hot
    as adverb it is served warm, not piping hot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These rested on a thick bed of piping hot apple sauce.
    • Coulombe treats the infected arm by placing it into a basin of piping hot water to drain the white-yellow pus.
    • I was intrigued by the lettuce soup, which turned out to be a piping hot concoction punctuated with fresh ginger and herbs.
    • I've been drinking mugs and mugs of piping hot tea and soup.
    • Next stop was Laragh where piping hot soup and sandwiches and tea awaited the fifty visitors.
    • We enjoy cup, after cup, after cup of piping hot tea from this one preparation.
    • After a frenzied game of backgammon in candlelight, I ran a piping hot bath and sank into it.
    • Just then, their waiter brought out two piping hot dishes and placed them in front of them on the table.
    • When we returned after the funeral, piping hot tea and snacks greeted us.
    • Each evening, when William came home from the pit, the tin bath would be ready for him filled with piping hot water.
    Synonyms
    heated, piping, sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling, boiling hot, searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot

Origin

Piping, because of the whistling sound made by very hot liquid or food.

 
 

Definition of piping hot in US English:

piping hot

adjective
  • (of food or water) very hot.

    as adjective the crust was piping hot
    as adverb it is served warm, not piping hot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Each evening, when William came home from the pit, the tin bath would be ready for him filled with piping hot water.
    • These rested on a thick bed of piping hot apple sauce.
    • Coulombe treats the infected arm by placing it into a basin of piping hot water to drain the white-yellow pus.
    • Just then, their waiter brought out two piping hot dishes and placed them in front of them on the table.
    • I was intrigued by the lettuce soup, which turned out to be a piping hot concoction punctuated with fresh ginger and herbs.
    • I've been drinking mugs and mugs of piping hot tea and soup.
    • We enjoy cup, after cup, after cup of piping hot tea from this one preparation.
    • Next stop was Laragh where piping hot soup and sandwiches and tea awaited the fifty visitors.
    • After a frenzied game of backgammon in candlelight, I ran a piping hot bath and sank into it.
    • When we returned after the funeral, piping hot tea and snacks greeted us.
    Synonyms
    heated, piping, sizzling, steaming, roasting, boiling, boiling hot, searing, scorching, scalding, red-hot

Origin

Piping, because of the whistling sound made by very hot liquid or food.

 
 
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