piping hot
形容词 adj.
英 /ˌpaɪ.pɪŋ ˈhɒt/
美 /ˌpaɪpɪŋ ˈhɑt/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see piping, hot: very hot in a way that involves sizzling, crackling, or similar noises.
— Near-synonyms: boiling hot, scalding hot, steaming hot, steaming, baking hot; see also Thesaurus:hot
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Very hot.
— Watch out — that curling iron is still piping hot.
词源
From Middle English. First attested circa second half of 14th century, from the similarity between the sizzling sound of food cooking in a frying pan and that of musical pipes, from Canterbury Tales http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2383 by Geoffrey Chaucer:
:: "He singeth brokking¹ as a nightingale. / He sent her piment, mead, and spiced ale, / And wafers² piping hot out of the glede³: / And, for she was of town, he proffer'd meed."
:: ¹ quavering, ² cakes, ³ coals
:: "He singeth brokking¹ as a nightingale. / He sent her piment, mead, and spiced ale, / And wafers² piping hot out of the glede³: / And, for she was of town, he proffer'd meed."
:: ¹ quavering, ² cakes, ³ coals
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