词语掌故：火热烫手的hot(2/2)
概述：Hot是个简单易懂的词汇，由hot组成的词语也大多很简单。但并非全部都如此，让我们来看看吧！Hints:
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http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/811691/http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201308/201308220815084944279.mp3Another expression is "not so hot." If you ask someone how she feels, she may answer "not so hot." What she means is she does not feel well.
"Not so hot" also is a way of saying that you do not really like something. You may tell a friend that the new play you saw last night is not so hot. That means you did not consider it a success.
A hotshot is a person, often a young person, who thinks he can do anything. At least he wants to try. He is very sure he can succeed. But often he fails. The expression was born in the military forces. A hotshot was a soldier who fired without aiming carefully.
Hot is a word that is often used to talk about anger.
A person who becomes angry easily is called a hothead. An angry person's neck often becomes red. We say he is "hot under the collar." You could say that your friend is no hothead. But he got hot under the collar when someone took his radio.
In 1963, hotline appeared as a new expression.
The hotline was a direct communications link between the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States. The hotline had an important purpose: to prevent accidental war between the two competitors during the period known as the Cold War. The American president and the Soviet leader were able to communicate directly and immediately on the hotline. This helped prevent any conflict during an international crisis.另一个表达是“not so hot（一般般）”。如果你问别人感觉怎样，他们回答你“not so hot”，那么他们的意思就是自己感觉不太好。
“not so hot”也可以在表达对某事物不够喜欢时使用。你可能会跟朋友说昨晚的新剧“not so hot”，那你的意思就是你觉得它演得并不成功。
“a hotshot（自大狂）”用来形容自以为是的人，而且通常是年轻人。至少他们乐于尝试，并且对成功信心十足，却通常失败。这则习语源自军旅，指的是没有瞄准目标就开火的士兵。
“hot（热）”这个词还常常用于描述愤怒。
易怒的人被称作“hothead”。愤怒的人常常脖子通红，我们说他“hot under the collar”（衣领下面是热的）。你可以说朋友不是“hothead”，但如果有人拿走他的收音机，他就会“get hot under the collar（衣领下面变热）”。
1963年，出现了新短语“hotline（热线）”。
当时的热线是指苏联和美国领导人之间直接的对话联系。热线有一个重要的目的，即防止在所谓的“冷战”期间，双方竞争者之间发生出其不意的战争。美国总统和苏联领导人可以通过热线直接即时交流，这有助于在国际危机期间防止出现冲突。
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