singe

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
动词 v.
  1. To burn slightly. transitive
    — made combustible by Flame They treat of, we have pretty Game, For they their own Tail Singe, to save Us
  2. Obsolete form of sing. alt-of,obsolete
    — Then ſange Iudith this ſonge vnto the LORDE: Begynne vnto the LORDE vpon the tabrettes, ſinge vnto the LORDE vpon the cymbals.
  3. To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. transitive
  4. To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame. transitive

词形变化

singes present,singular,third-person singeing participle,present singed participle,past singed past singes plural singes present,singular,third-person singing participle,present sange past sunge participle,past

词汇关系

近义词
scorch
衍生词
besinge singeingly singe one's wings unsinged

词源

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).
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