小暑不算热，大暑正伏天
大暑，二十四节气之一，在7月22、23或24日，一般是我国一年中气候最热的时候。今年的大暑从7月23日开始，8月7日结束。
“大暑”“节气”“三伏”“暑热”等词怎么用英文表达呢？一起来学习吧。
“节气”
大暑
Great Heat
the 12th seasonal division point, marking the sun’s position at 120° on the ecliptic (黄经)
二十四节气
twenty-four solar terms
the twenty-four seasonal division points by which the solar year is divide under the traditional Chinese calendar according to the sun’s apparent movement along the ecliptic (黄经)
“伏”
三伏
the three ten-day periods of the hot summer
热在三伏
(of the weather) to be the hottest during the three ten-day periods of the hot summer
三伏天
dog days; hot summer days
头伏/中伏/末伏
the first/second/last of the three ten-day periods of the hottest season
伏热
latent heat
伏热在里
accumulated latent heat inside the body
伏暑
the height of summer; the hottest season
伏暑难挨。
The dog days are too hot to bear.
“暑”
暑气
(summer) heat
暑气逼人。
The summer heat is oppressive.
暑热
hot summer weather; swelter of the summer days
暑热渐消。
The summer heat gradually abated.
酷暑
intense heat of summer
酷暑难当
suffocating/oppressive heat
中暑
suffer heatstroke/sunstroke
避暑
prevent sunstroke
避暑圣地
a summer resort
“热”
酷热
extremely hot
酷热的盛夏
sweltering summer days
闷热
hot and stuffy; oppressively hot; sultry; sweltering
这里热得很，开开窗吧。
Open the window, please. It’s hot and stuffy in here.
热浪
a strong current of hot/warm air
热浪袭来，我感到头晕目眩。
I felt my head swim when a strong current of warm air brushed past.
整个地方蒸腾着正午的热浪。
The whole place steamed with midday heat.
（以上内容选自《新时代汉英大词典》（第2版））
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《新时代汉英大词典》
（第2版）
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