heat up 【非正式用语】

To become acute or intense

变得剧烈或强烈

“If inflation heats up, interest rates could increase”(&b{Christian Science Monitor})

“如果通货膨胀加剧则利率可能会提高”(&b{基督教科学箴言报})

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitche

(proverb)if you can't deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation or task, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining

(谚)怕热，就别呆在厨房里（意指倘若无法应对压力和困难就应让别人去处理，而不是抱怨）

in the heat of the moment

while temporarily angry, excited, or engrossed, and without stopping for thought

一时冲动之下；盛怒之下；一时性起

on heat(in heat)[美]

(of a female mammal) in the receptive period of the sexual cycle; in oestrus

（雌性哺乳动物）在发情期中；发情