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♦ heat /hi:t/n.1 [u] ( anche fis., tecn.) calore: the heat of the sun, il calore del sole; the heat of the day, il (calore del) meriggio; radiant heat, calore radiante3 [u] caldo; calore: to suffer from the heat, soffrire per il (gran) caldo; sultry heat, caldo afoso (o soffocante); oppressive heat, caldo opprimente; heat wave, ondata di caldo5 [u] (fam.) fuoco ( di fornello); fiamma; fornello: Remove the saucepan from the heat, togliete la pentola dal fuoco; low heat, fiamma bassa6 [u] (fig.) calore; ardore; fervore; eccitazione; foga; impeto: in the heat of the discussion, nella foga della discussione; in the heat of the battle, nel fervore della battaglia; nel mezzo della mischia; in the heat of the moment, nell'eccitazione del momento; nella foga; a caldo7 [u] sapore piccante8 ( sport) eliminatoria; batteria: qualifying heat, batteria di qualificazione; heat winner, vincitore di eliminatoria; testa di serie9 (metall.) infornata; colata10 [u] (zool.) calore; estro: a bitch on heat ( USA: in heat), una cagna in calore; to go into (o in) heat, andare in calore11 [u] (med.) stato febbrile12 [u] (fig. fam.) pressione; difficoltà; critiche; attacchi: to put the heat on sb., mettere q. sotto pressione; to take the heat off (sb.), allentare la pressione (su q.); liberare (q.) dalle accuse (o dai sospetti); to take the heat out of st., disinnescare qc.; sdrammatizzare qc.; to turn up the heat, aumentare la pressione; The heat is on, la pressione è forte; si comincia a fare sul serio● (aeron.) heat barrier, barriera termica; muro del calore □ (fis.) heat conductivity, conducibilità termica □ heat convector, termoconvettore □ (fis.) heat death, morte termica □ (fis.) heat engine, macchina termica; motore termico □ (tecn.) heat exchanger, scambiatore di calore □ (med.) heat exhaustion, collasso da calore □ heat haze, foschia da calore; miraggio inferiore □ heat island, area (spec., città) in cui la temperatura è sensibilmente più elevata che nel territorio circostante; isola di calore □ (elettr.) heat lamp, lampada a raggi infrarossi □ heat lightning, lampi estivi ( per la calura); fulmine muto □ heat-proof, a prova di calore; atermico □ (tecn.) heat pump, pompa di calore □ (med.) heat rash, miliaria □ heat-resistant, resistente al calore; termoresistente; refrattario □ (miss.: di un razzo) heat-seeking, termico; autoguidato a infrarossi □ (miss.) heat shield, scudo termico □ heat sink, (elettr.) dissipatore di calore; (tecn.) pozzo di calore □ heat treatment, (med.) termoterapia; (metall.) trattamento termico □ (fig.) If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, se non riesci a resistere alla pressione (o al peso delle responsabilità, agli attacchi), fatti da parte.♦ (to) heat /hi:t/A v. t.scaldare; riscaldare; infiammare (fig.): to heat (up) a room, scaldare una stanza; to heat up some broth, riscaldare del brodo1 scaldarsi; riscaldarsi2 (fig.) accalorarsi; infiammarsi -
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[hiːt]1. n1) (gen) calore m, (fig) ardore mat low heat — (Culin: on stove) a fuoco basso, (in oven) a calore moderato
to put the heat on sb — fare pressione a or su qn
2) Sport, (also: qualifying heat) batteria, prova eliminatoria3) Zoolin or on heat — in calore
2. vt3. vi•- heat up
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