warm up
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warm up• Drink some of this coffee -- it'll warm you up.• Hardin stood by the fire to warm up.• It usually takes a long time for the sea to warm up.• The room began to warm up.• I tried to warm her up by covering her in a blanket.• As the days finally warm up, casual, low-maintenance meals are going to be in demand, preferably eaten outside.• It's pretty cold outside now, but it should warm up later.• This is the best way to warm up old people and comfort those in need.• It's important to warm up properly before you do any sport.• His role has been rather like that of a stand-up comic warming up the audience for the main event.• People can manipulate the temperature inside the car and warm up the engine before they step out of their house.• The kitchen with a small staff cooked or warmed up the men's food free of charge.• Workers in surgical masks are running a hydraulic compressor and tractor-trailer drivers are warming up their big rigs.• However it did warm up very quickly.warm for• Again, warm up for 20 to 25 minutes, do your repeats and warm down for 20 to 25 minutes.• They were warming up for a game against Point Loma when somebody asked both to name their five favorite athletes.• Some people like to have a sharp canter to warm up for the steeplechase, I prefer not to.ˈwarm-up1 noun [countable] 1. DSAPDa set of gentle exercises you do to prepare your body for sport, dancing etc 〔运动、跳舞等前做的〕热身运动，准备活动 → warm up at warm22. warm-ups American English informal clothes that you wear when you are doing exercises to prepare your body for playing a sport or dancing 热身运动服 → sweat suitExamples from the Corpus
warm-up• The sessions started with a modern dance class as a warm-up.• This proved to be only a warm-up.• Most silent is the dawn workout, a warm-up for the day, with 45 minutes of focus on technique.• a warm-up jacket• When I went out for warm-ups, I felt a rhythm and it felt good.• He had pulled a hamstring during his warm-up and had done well to patrol as relentlessly as he did for an hour.• Players wearing Kansas warm-ups were on the field.• The Oregon women go through their structured warm-up, an orchestrated set of drills, crisp and choreographed.• At the warm-up track, which was alongside the stadium, I had my usual massage and began my leisurely warm-up.• Bozek did the warm-up but sat out the game due to an injured back.warm-up2 adjective 1. a warm-up match, game, or race is held to give the sportsmen or players practice before a big event 〔比赛〕热身的2. warm-up exercises are done to prepare your body before playing a sport or dancing 〔运动或跳舞前〕热身的3. a warm-up jacket is worn to keep you warm when you are doing exercises 〔运动服装〕保暖的4. a warm-up man or band prepares the people at an event for the main speaker, singer etc by singing, telling jokes etc 〔人或乐队在正式活动之前〕暖场的Examples from the Corpus
warm-up• Some competitions provide a warm-up area matted with the same material as the actual competition area.• Souness is full of confidence after seeing his team hammer 14 goals in their last three warm-up games.• Sally whips off her warm-up jersey and sprints to the scoring table, where she kneels, waiting to be called in.• A warm-up lap, unlike a victory lap, could be done by telephone.• There was a sea of dinner-jacketed dignitaries and a jovial Sir Peter Ustinov as warm-up man.• Even in a bulky warm-up suit, sitting hunched over the handlebars, she looks skinny.• This warm-up technique is useful only if you have two or three documents to write that day.• What is the quickest way from the warm-up track to the stadium?ˈwarm-up1 nounwarm-up2 adjectiveChineseSyllable
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warm up
warm up phrasal verb (see also warm)
1. MAKE WARM to become warm, or to make someone or something warm:
With the fire on, the room should soon warm up.
Once the weather warms up, you can move the plants outdoors.
warm something ↔ up
I turned on the grill to warm it up.
warm somebody up
Come inside and have a drink. It’ll warm you up.
2. FOOD to heat food, especially food that has already been cooked, so that it is hot enough to eat, or to become hot enough to eat
warm something ↔ up
I’ll put the lasagne in the oven to warm it up.
3. DO EXERCISES to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body for dancing, sport etc:
The runners began warming up. ⇨ warm-up1(1), warm-up2(2)
4. MACHINE/ENGINE if a machine or engine warms up, or if you warm it up, it becomes ready to work properly after being switched on:
He waited for the photocopier to warm up.
warm something ↔ up
He started to warm up the aircraft’s engines.
5. EVENT if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening:
The race for governor is beginning to warm up.
6. PRACTISE if musicians, singers, or performers warm up, they practise just before a performance:
The band had little time to warm up before going on stage.
7. PERFORM/SPEAK FIRST to perform or speak first at an event, so that the people listening are relaxed or excited before the main singer, speaker etc comes on
warm somebody ↔ up
He warmed up the audience by telling them a few jokes.
warm up for
They warmed up for U2 on one of their early tours.
⇨ look/feel like death warmed up/over at death(8)
warm2 
(also warm up) verb [intransitive and transitive]
They gathered round the fire to warm their hands.
warm yourself
Warm yourself by the fire.
warm to somebody/something (also warm up to somebody/something American English) phrasal verb
1. to begin to like someone you have just met:
Bruce didn’t warm to him as he had to Casey.
2. to become more eager, interested, or excited about something
warm to a theme/subject/topic etc
The more she spoke, the more she warmed to her subject.
Voters are starting to warm up to the idea.
warm up phrasal verb
1. MAKE WARM to become warm, or to make someone or something warm:
With the fire on, the room should soon warm up.
Once the weather warms up, you can move the plants outdoors.
warm something ↔ up
I turned on the grill to warm it up.
warm somebody up
Come inside and have a drink. It’ll warm you up.
2. FOOD to heat food, especially food that has already been cooked, so that it is hot enough to eat, or to become hot enough to eat
warm something ↔ up
I’ll put the lasagne in the oven to warm it up.
3. DO EXERCISES to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body for dancing, sport etc:
The runners began warming up. ⇨ warm-up1(1), warm-up2(2)
4. MACHINE/ENGINE if a machine or engine warms up, or if you warm it up, it becomes ready to work properly after being switched on:
He waited for the photocopier to warm up.
warm something ↔ up
He started to warm up the aircraft’s engines.
5. EVENT if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening:
The race for governor is beginning to warm up.
6. PRACTISE if musicians, singers, or performers warm up, they practise just before a performance:
The band had little time to warm up before going on stage.
7. PERFORM/SPEAK FIRST to perform or speak first at an event, so that the people listening are relaxed or excited before the main singer, speaker etc comes on
warm somebody ↔ up
He warmed up the audience by telling them a few jokes.
warm up for
They warmed up for U2 on one of their early tours.
⇨ look/feel like death warmed up/over at death(8)
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warm up phrasal verb (see also warm)
1. MAKE WARM to become warm, or to make someone or something warm:
warm something ↔ up
warm somebody up
2. FOOD to heat food, especially food that has already been cooked, so that it is hot enough to eat, or to become hot enough to eat
warm something ↔ up
3. DO EXERCISES to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body for dancing, sport etc:
4. MACHINE/ENGINE if a machine or engine warms up, or if you warm it up, it becomes ready to work properly after being switched on:
warm something ↔ up
5. EVENT if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening:
6. PRACTISE if musicians, singers, or performers warm up, they practise just before a performance:
7. PERFORM/SPEAK FIRST to perform or speak first at an event, so that the people listening are relaxed or excited before the main singer, speaker etc comes on
warm somebody ↔ up
warm up for
⇨ look/feel like death warmed up/over at death(8)
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(also warm up) verb [intransitive and transitive] Word Family: noun: warmth, the warm, warmer, warming; adverb: warmly, warm; adjective: warm, warming; verb: warm
to make someone or something warm or warmer, or to become warm or warmer: warm yourself
warm to somebody/something (also warm up to somebody/something American English) phrasal verb
1. to begin to like someone you have just met:
2. to become more eager, interested, or excited about something
warm to a theme/subject/topic etc
warm up phrasal verb
1. MAKE WARM to become warm, or to make someone or something warm:
warm something ↔ up
warm somebody up
2. FOOD to heat food, especially food that has already been cooked, so that it is hot enough to eat, or to become hot enough to eat
warm something ↔ up
3. DO EXERCISES to do gentle physical exercises to prepare your body for dancing, sport etc:
4. MACHINE/ENGINE if a machine or engine warms up, or if you warm it up, it becomes ready to work properly after being switched on:
warm something ↔ up
5. EVENT if a party, election etc warms up, it starts to become enjoyable or interesting, especially because more is happening:
6. PRACTISE if musicians, singers, or performers warm up, they practise just before a performance:
7. PERFORM/SPEAK FIRST to perform or speak first at an event, so that the people listening are relaxed or excited before the main singer, speaker etc comes on
warm somebody ↔ up
warm up for
⇨ look/feel like death warmed up/over at death(8)
See also warm