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VERB
把…加热;使升温
When you heat something, you raise its temperature, for example by using a flame or a special piece of equipment.
例句
Meanwhile, heat the tomatoes and oil in a pan.
同时，在平底锅里将西红柿和油加热。
...a gas that absorbs the sun's energy and heats the air above it.
吸收太阳能、使上方空气变热的气体
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热;高温
Heat is warmth or the quality of being hot.
例句
The seas store heat and release it gradually during cold periods...
海洋储存热量，并在寒冷季节里慢慢地把它释放出来。
Its leaves drooped a little in the fierce heat of the sun.
它的叶子在灼热的阳光下微微耷拉着。
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炎热;高温天气
The heat is very hot weather.
例句
As an asthmatic, he cannot cope with the heat and humidity...
他患有哮喘病，经不起高温和潮湿。
This heat is killing me.
这么热的天气真让我难受。
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温度;热度
The heat of something is the temperature of something that is warm or that is being heated.
例句
Warm the milk to blood heat...
将牛奶热至人体温度。
Adjust the heat of the barbecue by opening and closing the air vents.
通过开关气阀来调节烧烤架的温度。
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N-SING
热源;炉灶;暖气
You use heat to refer to a source of heat, for example a cooking ring or the heating system of a house.
例句
Immediately remove the pan from the heat...
马上把平底锅从灶上端下来。
Some apartment buildings don't have their heat turned on till the end of this week.
有些公寓楼直到本周末才会开暖气。
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强烈的感情;（尤指）愤怒，激动
You use heat to refer to a state of strong emotion, especially of anger or excitement.
例句
It was all done in the heat of the moment and I have certainly learned by my mistake...
所有的一切都是在一怒之下干的，我无疑已经从自己的错误中吸取了教训。
'Look here,' I said, without heat, 'all I did was to walk down a street and sit down.'
“你瞧，”我平静地说，“我只不过就是沿街走我的路，然后坐了下来。”
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N-SING
（某活动）最激烈的时刻
The heat of a particular activity is the point when there is the greatest activity or excitement.
例句
Last week, in the heat of the election campaign, the Prime Minister left for America.
上周，当竞选活动进行到白热化时，首相启程去了美国。
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预赛;分组赛
A heat is one of a series of races or competitions. The winners of a heat take part in another race or competition, against the winners of other heats.
例句
...the heats of the men's 100m breaststroke.
男子100米蛙泳预赛
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PHRASE
（雌性动物）正在发情（美国英语中作 in heat）
When a female animal is on heat in British English, or in heat in American English, she is in a state where she is ready to mate with a male animal, as this will probably result in her becoming pregnant.