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1 torrid
adjective1) (intensely hot) glutheißthe torrid heat of the desert — die Gluthitze der Wüste
* * *['torid]2) (passionate: a torrid love affair.) heiß* * *tor·rid[ˈtɒrɪd, AM ˈtɔ:r-]\torrid heat sengende Hitze\torrid topics heiße [o gefühlsgeladene] Themen* * *['tɒrɪd] heiß; heat, air, sun sengend;* * *1. ausgedörrt, verbrannt (Ebene etc)2. sengend, brennend (heiß):torrid zone GEOG heiße Zone;torrid passion fig glühende Leidenschaft* * *adjective1) (intensely hot) glutheiß2) (fig.): (intense, ardent) glühend (geh.); [Liebesszene] voller Leidenschaft* * *adj.glühend adj. -
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\torrid heat sengende Hitze;a \torrid love scene eine heiße Liebesszene ( fig)\torrid topics heiße [o gefühlsgeladene] Themen -
3 torrid time
tor·rid ˈtimen BRIT, AUSto give sb a \torrid time jdm Schwierigkeiten bereitento have a \torrid time eine schwere Zeit haben -
4 torrid time
tor·rid 'time n(Brit, Aus)to give sb a \torrid time jdm Schwierigkeiten bereiten;to have a \torrid time eine schwere Zeit haben -
5 torrid zone
ˈtor·rid zonen GEOG heiße Zone -
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8 steamy
adjective1) dunstig; feucht [Hitze]; beschlagen [Glas]2) (coll.): (erotic) heiß* * ** * *[ˈsti:mi]1. (full of steam) dampfig, dunstig2. (hot and humid) feuchtheiß* * *['stiːmɪ]adj (+er)dampfig, dunstig; jungle, swamp dunstig; room, atmosphere dampfig, voll Dampf; window, mirror beschlagen; (fig) affair, novel heiß* * *steamy adj (adv steamily)1. dampfig, dampfend, Dampf…2. beschlagen (Glas etc)3. umg erotisch:the sex scenes were quite steamy ( FILM, TV) bei den Sexszenen konnte einem ganz schön warm werden* * *adjective1) dunstig; feucht [Hitze]; beschlagen [Glas]2) (coll.): (erotic) heiß* * *adj.dampfig adj. -
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nounZone, die[time] zone — Zeitzone, die
* * *[zəun]1) (an area or region, usually of a country, town etc, especially one marked off for a special purpose: a no-parking zone; a traffic-free zone.) die Zone2) (any of the five bands into which the earth's surface is divided according to temperature: The tropical zone is the area between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer.) die Zone* * *[zəʊn, AM zoʊn]I. nearthquake \zone Erdbebenregion frelegation \zone SPORT abstiegsgefährdete Rängetime \zone Zeitzone fthe central time \zone Standardzeit für die Mittelstaaten der USA und von Teilen Zentralkanadaswheat \zone Weizengürtel merogenous \zone ANAT erogene Zonetemperate \zone GEOG, METEO gemäßigte Zone2. (restricted area)danger \zone Gefahrenzone fno-parking \zone Parkverbotszone fbusiness [or commercial] \zone Geschäftszentrum ntindustrial/residential \zone Industrie-/Wohngebiet ntII. vt ADMIN, LAWto \zone an area/ \zone land ein Gebiet/Land in [Nutzungs]zonen aufteilenthis area has been \zoned as agricultural land dieses Gebiet ist als Agrarland ausgewiesen worden* * *['zəʊn] Zone f; (US = postal zone) Post(zustell)bezirk mto be in the zone — in einer Sache völlig aufgehen; athlete in Topform sein
2. vt1) town, area in Zonen aufteilen2)* * *zone [zəʊn]A sb) Gebietsstreifen m, (Weizen- etc) Gürtel mzone of occupation Besatzungszone;zone of silence Schweigezone;zone time Zonenzeit fd) (Straßenbahn- etc) Teilstrecke f4. obs oder poet Gürtel mB v/t in Zonen aufteilen, verzonenz. abk1. zero2. zone* * *nounZone, die[time] zone — Zeitzone, die
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