scorch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /skɔːtʃ/    美 /skɔɹt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A slight or surface burn. countable,uncountable
  2. A discolouration caused by heat. countable,uncountable
  3. Brown discoloration on the leaves of plants caused by heat, lack of water or by fungi. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it transitive
  2. To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy transitive
    — Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires.
  3. (To cause) to become scorched or singed ergative
  4. To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively). intransitive
    — Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.
  5. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
    — Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
  6. To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence. transitive
  7. To ride a bicycle furiously on a public highway. colloquial,dated,intransitive

词形变化

scorches plural scorches present,singular,third-person scorching participle,present scorched participle,past scorched past

词汇关系

衍生词
leaf scorch scorched earth scorch up scorchy
相关词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).
词源 2
From Middle English scorchen, scorcnen (“to make dry; parch”), perhaps an alteration of earlier *scorpnen, from Old Norse skorpna (“to shrivel up”).
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