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单词 scorch
释义
scorch
verb
uk
/skɔːtʃ/us
/skɔːrtʃ/

scorchverb(BURN)

[IorT]
to (causeto)changecolourwithdryheat, or toburnslightly:
（把…）烤（或烫、晒）得变色；（使）烧焦
Theironwas toohotand he scorched theshirt.熨斗太烫了，他把衬衫烫焦了。
Thesurroundingbuildingswere scorched by theheatof theexplosion.周围建筑被爆炸产生的高温熏得变色了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to make fire or damage with fire
  • burnThe fire was still burning after 24 hours.
  • burn (fuel)The car burns biofuel.
  • burnShe burned his diaries to stop the information from becoming public.
  • blazeBush fires blazed across the county.
  • smoulderUKThe fire smouldered and soon went out.
  • scorchThe sun had scorched the grass and turned it brown.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Burning, burnt & on fire
  • ablaze
  • afire
  • alight
  • blaze
  • burn(something)down
  • burn sb up
  • burned out
  • burnt
  • burnt offering
  • burnt out
  • carbonize
  • char
  • charred
  • flame
  • go up in flamesidiom
  • inextinguishable
  • scorched
  • sear
  • self-immolation
  • unlit
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scorchverb(DRIVE FAST)

[Iusually+ adv/prep]old-fashionedinformal
(especiallyofmotorcyclesandcars) totravelor bedrivenveryfast:
（尤指摩托车和小汽车）高速疾驶，飞驰
Thesportscarscorchedpastanddisappearedinto thedistance.跑车疾驶而过，消失在远方。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving quickly
  • agility
  • beetle
  • bowl down/alongsomething
  • buzz
  • careen
  • career
  • fluent
  • gun
  • outsail
  • pelt
  • rush
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scrabble
  • scramble
  • scud
  • shoot
  • stampede
  • ton
  • trot
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scorch
noun[C]
uk
/skɔːtʃ/us
/skɔːrtʃ/
aslightburn, or amarkcausedbyburning:
Thefireleftscorchmarkshalfwayup thewall.
Justcookit enough to get thegrillmarksand a little scorch here and there.
More examples
  • Theycomparetheimageto alightscorch such as might becreatedif anirontouchedahandkerchieffor toolong.
  • He hasmassivescorchmarksdown thewholeof hisbody.
  • He's got this scorch on hisT-shirt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Burning, burnt & on fire
  • ablaze
  • afire
  • alight
  • blaze
  • burn(something)down
  • burn sb up
  • burned out
  • burnt
  • burnt offering
  • burnt out
  • carbonize
  • char
  • charred
  • flame
  • go up in flamesidiom
  • inextinguishable
  • scorched
  • sear
  • self-immolation
  • unlit
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(Definition ofscorchfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
scorch
verb
uk
/skɔːtʃ/us
/skɔːrtʃ/

scorchverb(BURN)

[IorT]
to (causeto)changecolourwithdryheat, or toburnslightly
（把…）烤（或烫、晒）得变色；（使）烧焦
Theironwas toohotand he scorched theshirt.熨斗太烫了，他把衬衫烫焦了。
Thesurroundingbuildingswere scorched by theheatof theexplosion.周围建筑被爆炸产生的高温熏得变色了。

scorchverb(DRIVE FAST)

[Iusually+ adv/prep]old-fashionedinformal
(especiallyofmotorcyclesandcars) totravelor bedrivenveryfast
（尤指摩托车和小汽车）高速疾驶，飞驰
Thesportscarscorchedpastanddisappearedinto thedistance.跑车疾驶而过，消失在远方。

scorch| American Dictionary

scorch
verb[I/T]
us
/skɔrtʃ/
toburnasurfaceslightly,causingit tochangecolor:
[T]Theironwas toohotand scorched theshirt.
scorch
noun[C]
us
/skɔrtʃ/
aburnmarkon asurface
(Definition ofscorchfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscorch

scorch
Extensive (26-50%) leaf scorching with mostly grey necrotic spots.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Then it was like a road when one of her fast-driving friends had passed, strewn with littered adjectives and a sense of scorching.
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The accounts are that the rockets reduced the target to scorched earth.
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Scorched earth is now the most likely outcome.
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Three firemen were slightly injured—two scorched in the face and one with a hand injury—but no other casualties were reported.
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Let them carry out the scorched earth policy.
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The doll blazed up so fiercely that not only was the little one's leg burned and her face scorched, but the hearthrug was set blazing.
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We all know what attack would mean, followed afterwards perhaps by what is known as the scorched earth policy.
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He will be scorched at the mere thought of the shame of the disclosure.
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The faith of our fathers will sustain us however scorching the fire may be.
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They are scorching the earth in their humiliating defeat.
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I have also heard descriptions of the scorched earth policy.
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They have experienced two world wars, and the scorched earth policy has been applied several times.
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Pray heaven that we do not have a war, but if we have a war we shall be operating in friendly country which will not have been scorched.
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Caused by incendiaries, the fire scorched the courthouse and left it a brown color.
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