parch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɑːtʃ/    美 /pɑɹt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The condition of being parched.
    — Yet here he is, not at the head, but somewhere toward the rear of the serpentine queue wending its way through all this parch […].
动词 v.
  1. To burn the surface of, to scorch. transitive
    — The sun today could parch cement.
  2. To roast, as dry grain. transitive
    — Ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn.
  3. To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat. transitive
    — The patient’s mouth is parched from fever.
  4. To make very thirsty. colloquial,transitive
    — We're parched, hon. Could you send up an ale from the cooler?
  5. To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas). archaic,transitive
  6. To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned. intransitive
    — The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.

词形变化

parches present,singular,third-person parching participle,present parched participle,past parched past parches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
parcher unparch

词源

词源 1
From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).
词源 2
From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).
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