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hot-air balloon noun = balloon(2) hot-bed /'hotbed;
NAmE 'ha:t-/ noun [usually sing.] ~ of sth a place where a
lot of a particular activity, especially sth bad or violent, is happening (
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hot-1 blooded adj. (of a
person A) having strong emotions and easily becoming very excited or angry If
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'hot button noun (NAmE, informal) a subject or issue that people have strong feelings
about and argue about a lot M
if H: Race has always been a hot button in
this country’s
history. — 1;Ji&^H)9j£±i£ X Ve 69 IB1 ^ o 0 the
hot-button issue of nuclear waste disposal
,hot 'chocolate (BrE also choc-olate) noun [U, C]
a drink made by mixing chocolate powder with hot water or milk; a cup of this
drink ti: Two coffees and a hot chocolate, please.
hotch-potch /'hDtXpntJ; NAmE 'ha:tJpa:tJ7 (especially BrE) (NAmE ustially hodge-podge /'hDd3pDd3; NAmE ’ha:d3pa:d3/) noun [sing.] (informal) a number of things
mixed together without any particular order or reason
,hot
cross 'bun noun a small sweet
bread roll that contains currants and
has a pattern of a cross on top, traditionally eaten in Britain around Easter hot-'desking noun [U] the practice
in an office of giving desks to workers when they are required, rather than
giving each worker their own desk A M. $£ ffl ( )
'hot
dog (BrE also ,hot dog) noun 1 a hot sausage served in a long bread roll ) 2 (NAmE) a
person who performs
clever or dangerous tricks while SKIING, SNOWBOARDING or SURFING ( ?fflL SflifejS
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real hot dog. fikJiA-bE.691®39ftj5z;9M0
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or dangerous tricks while skiing,
snowboarding or surfing (ffi$&&fhmm* >• a
hotel 0-w /hau'tel; NAmE hou-/ noun
1
a building where people stay, usually for
a short
time, paying for their
rooms and meals :
We stayed at/in a hotel, 11 ti ti M
tt M 0 o hotel rooms/guests 69^-10]
/ 0 a two-star/five-star,
etc. hotel MIt, 0 a luxury hotel
tt 0 a friendly,
family-run hotel — A69, m
69 m Jh 2 (AustralE, NZE) a pub W ; Mtt 3 (IndE) a
restaurant ^ ft IlilJiJ Some speakers do
not pronounce the ‘h’ at the beginning of hotel and use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’
before it. This now sounds old-fashioned, hotel BfAA h n,
fluffiJB an a, Mti^fe
ho-tel-ier /hau'teli0(r); -liei; NAmE hou'teljar;
.ootel'jei/ noun a person who owns
or manages a hotel Jfctt A
,hot 'flush (BrE) (NAmE ,hot
'flash) noun a sudden hot and
uncomfortable feeling in the skin, especially experienced by women during the menopause j$] £1
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hot-foot /'hntfut; NAmE 'halt-/
adv., verb m adv. moving
quickly and in a hurry ;
^J'ltlk:
He had just arrived hotfoot from
■ verb IRgl 1 hotfoot it (informal) to walk or run
somewhere quickly M.X, ( fij^lk ) hot-head /‘hnthed; NAmE ‘hart-/ noun a person who often
acts too quickly, without thinking of what might happen #Jt69A; S1^69A ►
,hot-'headed adj. hot-house /'hnthaus;
NAmE 'ha:t-/ noun 1 a heated building,
usually made of glass, used for growing delicate plants in ; Wife: hothouse
flowers '{EL'M.titi
a place or
situation that encourages the rapid devel
opment of sb/sth,
especially ideas and emotions j{ gij A
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'hot key noun (computing if) a key on a
computer keyboard that you can press to perform a set of operations quickly,
rather than having to press a number of different keys It ( 1$ T Jg fe ifiil
)
hot-line /’hDtlain; NAmE 'halt-/
noun 1 a special telephone
line that people can use in order to get information or to talk about sth if ^
i|J ® A ^
2 a direct telephone line between the heads
of government in different countries ( # S iff If © AI h]
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hot-link /'hntlirjk; NAmE 'ha:t-/
noun = hyperlink hot-list /'hDtlist; NAmE 'ha:t-/
noun 1 a list of popular,
fashionable or important people or things jk ( aJc $: ^ )
At/£i6-; M (computing if)
a personal list of
your favourite or most frequently visited websites that you store on your
computer
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hotly /'hDtli; NAmE 'haitli/ adv. 1 done in an angry
or excited way or with a lot of strong feeling M Ik; rj) Ik; 38 $1 Ik: a
hotly debated topic Ml i£ 69 ig IS o Recent reports in the press have
been hotly denied. |lj ^ H 69 U it if M 7 M & ^ iA 0 o ‘Nonsense!’ he said hotly. “ ig! ftkjg A it Ik o 0 The
results were hotly disputed. 2
done with a lot
of energy and
determination ® 39 Ik ; M i& Ik HT1 closely : hotly contested
elections % ^ $| 69 ^ 0
She ran out of the shop, hotly pursued by the
store detective. jftkitiMlS,
‘hot pants noun [pi] very short, tight women’s shorts
hot-plate
/'hDtpleit; NAmE 'ha:t-/ noun a flat,
heated metal surface, for example on a cooker/stove, that is used for cooking
food or for keeping it hot #, |0 ^ « ( *W*t^69±ffi, )
hot-pot /'hDtpDt; NAmE 'ha:tpa;t/ noun 1 [C, U] (BrE) a hot
dish of meat, potato, onion, etc. cooked slowly in liquid in the oven (
l^#g69$, WMM ) 2 [c]
(NAmE) a small
electric pot that you can use to heat water or food )
,hot po'tato noun [usually sing.] (informal) a
problem, situation, etc. that is difficult and unpleasant to deal
with *$^691^ (
'hot rod noun a car that has been changed and improved
to give it extra power and speed £!£ ^ 69 i§i M
hots /hDts; NAmE halts/ noun [pi.] IT»T71 get/have the 'hots for sb (informal) to be
sexually attracted to sb M
the ‘hot seat noun [sing.] (informal) if sb
is in the hot seat, they have to take responsibility for important or difficult
decisions and actions 1iA69'fvS hot-shot /'hDtjDt; NAmE 'ha:tja:t/
noun
(informal) a person who is extremely successful in
their career or at a particular sport X8WJ$isft69A; iszftiiiti ►
hot-shot adj. [only
before noun]: a hotshot lawyer kk^#Ki69#!Jik 'hot spot noun (informal) 1 a place where
fighting is common, especially for political reasons ^ # A Ik ;
( ) jMIkE 2
a place where there is a
lot of activity or entertainment fg §9 ^ 69 Ik A; P8
69 3 (NAmE) a place
that is very hot and dry, where a fire has been burning or is likely to start XX
^AlkK 4 (computing if) an
area on a computer screen that you can click on to start an operation such as
loading a file ( 69 )
,&i&kL 5 a place
in a hotel, restaurant, station, etc. that is fitted with a special device that
enables you to connect a computer to the Internet without using wires
,hot
'stuff noun [U] (informal, especially BrE) 1 a
person who is sexually attractive ti 69 A: She’s pretty hot stuff. 2 a film/movie, book, etc. which
is
exciting in a sexual way
f&lf ) 3 - (at
sth) a person who is very skilful at sth ^A^8® 69 A; iU ^: She’s
really hot stuff at tennis, ilk 69