酷暑 (kù shǔ) — intense summer heat, scorching heat
Definition
A literary, written term for extreme summer heat. More formal than everyday words like 炎热 — used in news and prose to stress the severity of the heat.
noun
intense summer heatscorching heat
Examples
- 酷暑,。Jīn nián xià tiān kù shǔ nán nài, hěn duō rén dōu qù hǎi biān bì shǔ.This summer's scorching heat is unbearable; many people go to the seaside to escape it.
- 酷暑,。kù shǔ Shí jié, dà jiā yào zhù yì fáng shǔ jiàng wēn.During the intense summer heat, everyone should take care to prevent heatstroke and cool down.
- 酷暑。Lián xù yì zhōu de kù shǔ ràng nóng zuò wù shòu dào le hěn dà yǐng xiǎng.A week of scorching heat has greatly affected the crops.
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