hot up

• 短语动词，指变得更激动人心、更紧张或更活跃，也指把某物加热。

A phrasal verb meaning to become more exciting, intense, or active, or to heat something.

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1. Become more exciting or intenseinformalbritish

   To increase in intensity, excitement, or activity.

   变得激烈

   • The competition really hotted up in the final round.
   • The party started to hot up after midnight.
   • The political debate hotted up as the election approached.

   同义词accelerateescalateheat upheightenintensifyliven uppick up

   反义词calmcoolsubside

2. Become hotterinformalbritish

   To increase in temperature.

   变热

   • The weather is expected to hot up later this week.
   • The engine hotted up after a long drive.
   • The oven hotted up quickly when we turned it on.

   同义词heatheat upwarmwarm up

   反义词chillcoolcool down