a. 热的, 热心的, 辣的, 热情的, 激动的, 猛烈的, 紧迫的

ad. 热, 紧迫地

[医] 热的, 强放射性的

Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. {Hatte}, {Hot}, etc.; p.
p. {Hote}, {Hoten}, {Hot}, etc. See {Hight}, {Hete}.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]

There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
--Chaucer.


Hote \Hote\, v. t. & i. [pres. & imp. {Hatte}, {Hot}, etc.; p.
p. {Hote}, {Hoten}, {Hot}, etc. See {Hight}, {Hete}.]
1. To command; to enjoin. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

2. To promise. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

3. To be called; to be named. [Obs.]

There as I was wont to hote Arcite,
Now hight I Philostrate, not worth a mite.
--Chaucer.


Hot \Hot\,
imp. & p. p. of {Hote}. [Obs.] --Spenser.


Hot \Hot\, a. [Compar. {Hotter}; superl. {Hottest}.] [OE. hot,
hat, AS. h[=a]t; akin to OS. h[=e]t, D. heet, OHG. heiz, G.
heiss, Icel. heitr, Sw. het, Dan. heed, hed; cf. Goth.
heit[=o] fever, hais torch. Cf. {Heat}.]
1. Having much sensible heat; exciting the feeling of warmth
in a great degree; very warm; -- opposed to cold, and
exceeding warm in degree; as, a hot stove; hot water or
air. ``A hotvenison pasty.'' --Shak.

2. Characterized by heat, ardor, or animation; easily
excited; firely; vehement; passionate; violent; eager.

Achilles is impatient, hot, and revengeful.
--Dryden.

There was mouthing in hot haste. --Byron.

3. Lustful; lewd; lecherous. --Shak.

4. Acrid; biting; pungent; as, hot as mustard.

{Hot bed} (Iron Manuf.), an iron platform in a rolling mill,
on which hot bars, rails, etc., are laid to cool.

{Hot wall} (Gardening), a wall provided with flues for the
conducting of heat, to hasten the growth of fruit trees or
the ripening of fruit.

{Hot well} (Condensing Engines), a receptacle for the hot
water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water
is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well
by the feed pump.

{In hot water} (Fig.), in trouble; in difficulties. [Colloq.]

Syn: Burning; fiery; fervid; glowing; eager; animated; brisk;
vehement; precipitate; violent; furious; ardent;
fervent; impetuous; irascible; passionate; hasty;
excitable.


Hight \Hight\, v. t. & i. [imp. {Hight}, {Hot}, p. p. {Hight},
{Hote} (?), {Hoten} (?). See {Hote}.] [OE. heiten, highten,
haten, hoten; also hight, hatte, hette, is called, was
called, AS. h[=a]tan to call, name, be called, to command,
promise; also h[=a]tte is called, was called; akin to G.
heissen to call, be called, bid, Goth. haitan to call, in the
passive, to be called.]
1. To be called or named. [Archaic & Poetic.]

Note: In the form hight, it is used in a passive sense as a
present, meaning is called or named, also as a
preterite, was called or named. This form has also been
used as a past participle. See {Hote}.

The great poet of Italy,
That highte Dante. --Chaucer.

Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight.
--Surrey.

Entered then into the church the Reverend
Teacher.
Father he hight, and he was, in the parish.
--Longfellow.

Childe Harold was he hight. --Byron.

2. To command; to direct; to impel. [Obs.]

But the sad steel seized not where it was hight
Upon the child, but somewhat short did fall.
--Spenser.

3. To commit; to intrust. [Obs.]

Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. --Spenser.

4. To promise. [Obs.]

He had hold his day, as he had hight. --Chaucer.