hotline

英：[ˈhɒtlaɪn]

美：[ˈhɑtlaɪn]

复数:hotlines

noun

a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public or to a group of people for some specific purpose His take reached a total of more than $10,000, but the scam was undone when an alert co-worker noticed it and phoned an employee-theft hotline to report it.—David J. Solomon

a suicide prevention hotline

a direct telephone line in constant operational readiness so as to facilitate immediate communication When the Milwaukee Bucks made the emotional decision not to take the court for Game 5 of the playoffs, there was a hotline between the locker room and the NBPA [National Basketball Players Association], with [NBPA head Michele] Roberts counselling the players on the other end of that line.—Don Riddell

John Sullivan told the independent news outlet Novaya Gazeta that an emergency hotline between Washington and Moscow, set up in the Cold War … , was still in existence.—Reuters.com

sales hotline销售热线

The first known use of hotline was in 1954

hound1 of 2noun

dog entry 1 sense 1a

a dog of any of various hunting breeds having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent or sight

hound2 of 2verb

to pursue with or as if with hounds

hound1 of 2noun

dog entry 1 sense 1a

a dog of any of various hunting breeds having large drooping ears and a deep voice and following their prey by scent or sight

hound2 of 2verb

to pursue with or as if with hounds

hotadjective

having a high temperature

easily excited : ardent, fiery

hot temper

violent sense 1, raging

a hot battle

eager

hot for reform

feeling or causing an uncomfortable degree of body heat it's hot in here

my forehead is hot

newly made : freshalso: close to something sought you're getting hotter

hot off the press

suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects hot colors

hot spicy foods

temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport)

currently popular or interesting the hot fashions for spring

a hot topic of conversation

carrying electric current

radioactive

dealing with radioactive material

recently stolen

hot jewels

wanted by the police

hotadjective

having a high temperature

easily excited : ardent, fiery

hot temper

violent sense 1, raging

a hot battle

eager

hot for reform

feeling or causing an uncomfortable degree of body heat it's hot in here

my forehead is hot

newly made : freshalso: close to something sought you're getting hotter

hot off the press

suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects hot colors

hot spicy foods

temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport)

currently popular or interesting the hot fashions for spring

a hot topic of conversation

carrying electric current

radioactive

dealing with radioactive material

recently stolen

hot jewels

wanted by the police

hot spotnoun

a place of more than normal interest, activity, or popularity

surfing hot spots

a place where hot magma from the earth's interior rises through the mantle and crust to form a volcanic feature

an area of political, military, or civil unrest usually considered dangerous

a place where a disease is especially prevalent

a place where a wireless Internet connection is available

hot spotnoun

a place of more than normal interest, activity, or popularity

surfing hot spots

a place where hot magma from the earth's interior rises through the mantle and crust to form a volcanic feature

an area of political, military, or civil unrest usually considered dangerous

a place where a disease is especially prevalent

a place where a wireless Internet connection is available

hotshotnoun

a showily skillful person

hotadjective

having a high temperature

easily excited : ardent, fiery

hot temper

violent sense 1, raging

a hot battle

eager

hot for reform

feeling or causing an uncomfortable degree of body heat it's hot in here

my forehead is hot

newly made : freshalso: close to something sought you're getting hotter

hot off the press

suggestive of heat or of burning or glowing objects hot colors

hot spicy foods

temporarily capable of unusual performance (as in a sport)

currently popular or interesting the hot fashions for spring

a hot topic of conversation

carrying electric current

radioactive

dealing with radioactive material

recently stolen

hot jewels

wanted by the police

hotlinenoun

a telephone line for direct emergency use (as between heads of governments or to a counseling service)

hotlinenoun

a usually toll-free telephone service available to the public for some specific purpose (as to receive advice or information about a particular subject or to talk confidentially about personal problems to a sympathetic listener) suicide prevention hotlines

a poison control hotline