white-hot

Thân thiện

The blacksmith hammers a white-hot piece of iron on the anvil.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Extremely hot; glowing with an intense white heat: Describes a temperature so high that an object emits a white light.
   • Marked by extreme intensity of emotion or activity: Describes a state of being intensely passionate, fervent, or active.

Usage Examples

• Literal (Temperature):
  • The blacksmith worked the metal until it was white-hot.
  • The volcano's lava was a white-hot river of molten rock.
• Figurative (Intensity):
  • The team played with white-hot intensity to win the championship.
  • Her white-hot anger was evident to everyone in the room.

Advanced Usage

• "white-hot heat": Used to emphasize the extreme degree of temperature.
  • The ceramic is fired in a kiln at a white-hot heat.
• "white-hot focus": Describes an exceptionally concentrated and intense mental state.
  • The chess champion maintained a white-hot focus throughout the tournament.

Variants and Related Words

• Red-hot (adj): Very hot (glowing red); very excited or popular.
  • The new product was a red-hot item on the market.
• Incandescent (adj): Emitting light as a result of being heated; strikingly bright, brilliant, or masterful.
  • The incandescent bulb was invented by Thomas Edison.

Synonyms

• Literal: Molten, glowing, searing, blistering.
• Figurative: Fervent, fervid, passionate, intense, blazing, fierce.

Related Phrases

• White-hot rage: An extremely intense and uncontrolled anger.
  • He was in a state of white-hot rage after hearing the news.
• White-hot pace: A speed or rate of activity that is extremely fast and intense.
  • The final chapter of the book unfolds at a white-hot pace.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. glowing white with heat
   • white flames
   • a white-hot center of the fire
2. intensely zealous or fervid
   • fierce white-hot loyalty

Từ đồng nghĩa

• white