sizzling

Thân thiện

The steak is sizzling on the grill.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely hot: Describes something that is so hot it makes a hissing sound, like food cooking in oil or fat, or weather that is intensely hot.
   • Very exciting, intense, or passionate: Describes something characterized by strong emotion, great interest, or exciting energy.

Usage and Examples

• Describing Extreme Heat:
  • The chef placed the sizzling steak on the plate. (The steak was so hot it was making a hissing sound.)
  • We escaped the sizzling summer heat by going to the beach. (The summer weather was intensely hot.)
• Describing Intensity or Excitement:
  • The debate covered several sizzling political issues. (The political issues were exciting and generated strong emotions.)
  • Their sizzling chemistry on screen made the movie a hit. (Their interaction was very passionate and exciting.)

Advanced Usage

• "sizzling hot": An emphatic phrase used to emphasize extreme heat or, informally, great attractiveness or popularity.
  • Be careful, the pan is sizzling hot. (The pan is extremely hot.)
  • The new song is sizzling hot on the charts. (The new song is very popular right now.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sizzle (verb): To make a hissing sound, like something frying in hot oil.
  • I could hear the bacon sizzle in the pan.
• Sizzle (noun): The hissing sound itself, or a showy, exciting quality.
  • The steak arrived with a satisfying sizzle. (Sound)
  • The performance had plenty of sizzle. (Exciting quality)

Synonyms

• For heat: Scorching, blistering, searing, burning.
• For excitement: Electrifying, thrilling, red-hot, dynamic.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• To sizzle with [emotion/energy]: To be full of a particular strong feeling or quality.
  • The room sizzled with anticipation before the announcement. (The room was full of intense anticipation.)

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characterized by intense emotion or interest or excitement
   • a red-hot speech
   • sizzling political issues
2. hot enough to burn with or as if with a hissing sound
   • a sizzling steak
   • a sizzling spell of weather

Từ đồng nghĩa

• red-hot