大噶好!欢迎来到夏天!!!开心吗?夏天除了阳光与沙滩,就是我们常挂在嘴边的“好热!好热!!好热!!!”了吧?! 同学们又会怎么样用英语表达天气“好热”呢?是“I am hot”吗?
说出“I am hot”的同学,就错啦~
hot一词作形容词时可翻译为:adj. 热的;辣的;热情的;性感的;激动的;
最常用来形容:1. 天气热、2. 人性感火辣、3. 食物烫/辣
因此,“I am hot”是“我很性感I am sexy”,如果同学们想表达天气很热,应该说“I feel hot”、“It’s hot” 、“The weather is so hot”、“The temperature is too high” 或 “I am nearly melting 我都快被热化了”。
也可以用“热到出汗”来表达:“I am in a hot sweat”、 “I am sweating buckets 我的汗一桶桶地流”、 “I am bathing in sweat 或 I am soaked in sweat我已经汗流浃背”。(另:sweat 也可表示“担心,焦虑” )
但是,光一个 “hot”真是不足够表达又闷又热的天气,还有什么腻害的词组可以表达“热到爆炸”呢?
表示不通风,不潮湿,闷热、干热dry heat:
*stifling ['staɪf(ə)lɪŋ] adj. 令人窒息的;沉闷的
stifling heat / stiflingly hot weather闷热的天气
The stifling heat is driving me crazy.
表示不通风,潮湿,使人易流汗(湿热):
*muggy ['mʌgɪ] adj. 闷热的;湿热的
*sultry ['sʌltrɪ] adj. 闷热的;湿热的
We can expect muggy / sultry conditions when the rainy season begins.
只表示热,不存在空气流通或潮湿与否
1. hot
It’s super/extremely/ridiculously/crazy hot out there!
*ridiculously [ri'dikjuləsli] adv. 可笑地;荒谬地
2.burning ['bɜːnɪŋ] adj. 燃烧的;强烈的;发热的
The day is burning.
The burning hot weather is torturous.
Today is a thermometer breaker! I am burning!
3.blazing ['bleɪzɪŋ] adj. 燃烧的,像火焰般的 adv. 非常
He jumped into water on a blazing August afternoon.
4.blistering ['blɪstərɪŋ] adj. 烫伤;极度高温
We are brave enough to travel to Africa on these blistering summer days.
5.boiling ['bɒɪlɪŋ] adj. 像水沸腾般热的
It’s boiling (hot) out there.
I am under a boiling sun.
6.roasting ['rostɪŋ] adj. 烤焦的;灼热的
baking ['beɪkɪŋ] adj. 烤焦的
parch [pɑːtʃ] vt. 烤,烘;使干透 vi. 焦干;烤干
I am roasting / baking in the sun!
It’s a baking hot day. / It's roasting out there!
The road parched up with dry heat weather.
7.scorching ['skɔːtʃɪŋ] adj. 烈日当空;形容三伏天正午的毒太阳
scorcher ['skɔːtʃə] n. 大热天
It’s a real scorcher today!
He feels a little sluggish on such a scorching hot day and just wants to stay in the hotel.
8.smotheringly ['smʌðəli] adv. 令人窒息地
On these smotheringly hot days, someone suffering heatstroke /sunstroke requires immediate medical attention.
9.sweltering ['swelt(ə)rɪŋ] adj. 闷热的;热得难受的;热得快溶化的
It’s sweltering outside. Why don’t we stay inside an air-conditioned room to escape the heat?
10.sticky ['stɪkɪ] adj. 粘的;闷热的;湿热的
It’s sticky outside. I am literally dying.
11.torrid ['tɒrɪd] adj. 晒热的;灼热的;炎热的
torrid zone n. 热带
On unbearably torrid days, you can get pleasure from swimming.
12.inferno [ɪn'fɜːnəʊ] n. 地狱之火;熊熊大火;火海
It’s as hot as the inferno.
13.on fire adv. 着火;起火
It’s as if it’s on fire.
It's raining fire!
*sb’s on fire (需要根据语境判断意思)
a. 正燃烧着(一般是指内在,心情,精神等)
He is on fire! 他爆发了!他很牛!
b. 在兴头上;非常激动
He is on fire! 他很生气!
另外,形容室内闷热,我们可以用…
sauna ['sɔːnə] n. 桑拿浴;蒸汽浴
oven [ˈʌv(ə)n] n. 炉,灶;烤炉
It's an oven in here. / It feels like an oven inside.
It’s like a sauna in here.
朋友们快点开空调吃雪糕吧~stay cool in this heat~~
(毕竟广东的12月也热)
作者:新航道广州学校宗慧雯老师 语音语调主讲
美国普利茅斯州立大学学士学位,教学认真负责有耐心,擅于积极引导和鼓励学生,挖掘每一位学生的潜力,同时注重培养自信。