hot spot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɒtˌspɒt/    美 /ˈhɑtˌspɑt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.
    — [Y]our microwave may have an area in which more energy is concentrated. To test for a hot spot, place sliced white bread across the bottom of your microwave, so that the slices are touching, forming a solid layer.
  2. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.; A part of a forest fire which is burning actively.
  3. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.; The surface manifestation of a plume of molten material that rises from deep in a celestial body's mantle.
    — While researchers can see the path that Yellowstone burned as the hot spot migrated from Oregon across Idaho and into Wyoming, discerning one eruption from another has been a chore as most volcanic deposits are scattered across vast landscapes in a chaotic jumble.
  4. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.; An area of high radioactive contamination.
  5. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.; Synonym of heiligenschein (“an optical phenomenon which creates a bright spot around the shadow of the viewer's head, when the surface on which the shadow falls has special optical characteristics”).
  6. A location which has a higher temperature or amount of radiation than surrounding areas.; An infected lesion in dogs or other furry mammals caused by excessive itching.
  7. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger. figuratively
    — Great guns! messmates, but if Flint was living, this would be a hot spot for you and me. Six they were, and six are we; and bones is what they are now.
  8. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; A dangerous place of violent political unrest. figuratively
  9. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; A lively and entertaining place, such as a nightclub. figuratively
    — It has been reported that an entertainment took place not long ago in a certain "hot spot" in New York City, and it has been charged that members of the Federal Communications Commission were present; that they got into a drunken brawl; and in the brawl some woman was hurt, her arm twisted.
  10. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; A part of an application that consumes a significant amount of execution time. figuratively
  11. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; A part of a control (“an interactive interface element”) that responds dynamically as a user moves a pointer over it (for example, a part of an image map that contains a hyperlink which can be clicked on with a cursor). figuratively
  12. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; A location in which Wi-Fi Internet access is available. Internet,figuratively
  13. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; Ellipsis of biodiversity hotspot (“a place with a significant level of biodiversity, particularly if the flora and fauna are threatened with loss of their habitat”). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,figuratively
  14. A place notable for a high level of activity or danger.; The region of a gene in which there is a higher than normal rate of mutation. figuratively

词形变化

hot spots plural hotspot alternative

词源

From hot + spot.
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