英语词汇hot as hell的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

hot as hell. The expression is heard so frequently that it’s surprising that a compressed word such as hotshell hasn’t evolved; it is certainly not slang anymore and is surely collo- quial if not standard English by now. Hot as hell and hot as hades have been traced back only to the 18th century, but the idea is doubtlessly much, much older in one form or another. Hell is mentioned 21 times in the New Testament alone under various names (Hades, Gehenna, Hell, and Tartarus), and it was always thought to be hot in the nether regions. Internal heat in the form of hot springs and volcanoes and the fact that the temperature of the earth goes up as one digs deeper, no doubt gave early man the idea of a fiery underground hell. See drink like a fish.

词汇	hot as hell
词源	hot as hell. The expression is heard so frequently that it’s surprising that a compressed word such as hotshell hasn’t evolved; it is certainly not slang anymore and is surely collo- quial if not standard English by now. Hot as hell and hot as hades have been traced back only to the 18th century, but the idea is doubtlessly much, much older in one form or another. Hell is mentioned 21 times in the New Testament alone under various names (Hades, Gehenna, Hell, and Tartarus), and it was always thought to be hot in the nether regions. Internal heat in the form of hot springs and volcanoes and the fact that the temperature of the earth goes up as one digs deeper, no doubt gave early man the idea of a fiery underground hell. See drink like a fish.
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