【句子】Sometimes those things need to warm up, like the car. 【Modern Family S3E4】
【发音】/ˈsʌm.taɪmz/ /ðəʊz/ /θɪŋz/ /niːd/ /tʊ/ /wɔː(r)m/ /ʌp/ /laɪk/ /ðə/ /kɑ:(r)/
【发音技巧】need to失去爆破;warm up连读;like the不完全爆破;
【翻译】有的时候那些灯泡也需要像车一样,预热一下。
【适用场合】
大家平时可能经常听英语老师说warm up,热热身;预预热,打算学习新内容。
那其实口语中warm up有很多不同的适用场合,意思也有一些区别。
1. to make or become warm
变得温暖
eg: The room will soon warm up.
这个房间很快就会暖和起来的。
eg: He blew on his hands to warm them up.
他朝着手哈气,想让手暖和起来。
2. When a machine or engine warms up or someone warms it up, it becomes ready for use a little while after being switched on or started.
如果在描述机器或者引擎,此时使用warm up很多时候指的是:预热,让这个机器在打火、启动以后稍作准备。
eg: He waited for his car to warm up.
他等他的车热好。
eg: We warmed up the car for a few minutes.
我们把那辆车预热了几分钟。
3. to prepare yourself for a physical activity by doing some gentle exercises and stretches:
提前准备,做一些轻柔的拉伸、锻炼,以迎接一个肢体活动;热身;
eg: If you don't warm up before taking exercise, you risk injuring yourself.
如果你在锻炼之前不热身活动一下的话,你可能会有把自己弄受伤的风险。
eg: The coach warmed up the players before the game.
这位教练在比赛前让队员们热了热身。
4. warm up
还可以指:to become more friendly or open
变得更加友善、开放;
eg: She warmed up after we had lunch together.
在我们一起吃过午餐之后,她放开了不少。
5. If an event warms up, it starts to become more interesting, lively or exciting
某个事物变得更加有趣、活跃,有激情
eg: The party was only just starting to warm up as I left.
我离开的那会儿,这个派对才刚刚开始热闹起来。
eg: The party warmed up when Tom came.
当Tom到了以后整个派对都变得热闹了起来。
其实warm up还有可能有别的意思,大家可以去查查词典做做积累哦。
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喝杯咖啡暖暖身子吧。(祈使句)