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1. It's stiflingly hot. I can hardly study all! 天气太闷热了,我根本没法好好学习! →stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]令人窒息的闷热 - I hate having to work in such a stifling office! -我讨厌在这样一个闷热的办公室里工作! 2. It's raining fire! The road is melting and I am leaking/ sweating. 太热了!感觉浑身都在滴汗,路也在融化。 →to rain fire火辣辣的热,像在下火一样 - Are you crazy? It's raining fire outside and you want to take a walk? -你疯了是不是?外面热得像在下火,你居然说要去外面散步? 3.If we do not escape the heat, it is easy to have sunstroke. 这样的天气不避暑,就会中暑。 →sunstroke /ˈsʌnstroʊk/中暑 4. I am sweating like a pig, and I'm not doing anything. 虽然我什么都没做,但还是汗流浃背。 这个说法很有趣,因为猪没有汗腺,无法像许多动物那样全身流汗,所以猪感到热的时候,会到泥坑里面打滚降温。 那么为什么人们形容流很多汗会说像猪一样呢,大概是因为人们对猪的印象不好,认为它们很脏、很能吃,也很能流汗吧。 5. Let‘s stay at home; you could fry eggs on the sidewalk. 我们呆在家里吧,人行道上都可以煎蛋了。 6. It's too hot to think. I need to find some place to cool off. 热得我都没法思考,我需要找个地方凉快凉快。 too...to太...以至于不能.... cool off凉快下来 7. Today is a thermometer breaker! Let‘s go swimming. 今天热得温度计都要爆了!我们去游泳吧。 8. It's hot with a capital "H". Turn up the air conditioner! 今天是最热的一天,快把空调打开! H指代hot。 9. It's not just hot, it's Africa hot! This weather is terrible. 不止是热,是像非洲一样热!天热得吓人。 →Africa hot =extremely hot weather - It's Africa-hot out there! I wouldn't step outside if you paid me 100 yuan. -外面太热了!就算你给我100块钱我也不会出门的。 10. It's hot enough to melt hell. I hope it will be cooler soon. 现在热得足以把地狱熔化了,希望很快能够凉快一点。 → 简单的说:It's hot as hell.真的热到要死了! |