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sear [siə]
基本释义
- a. 枯萎的,烤焦的
vt. 烤焦,使枯萎
vi. 凋谢,干枯
参考例句
- To scorch or sear with heat.
使烤焦用热能烤焦或烧灼 - The novel is a searing indictment of urban poverty.
这部小说是对城市贫困的震撼心灵的控诉. - The cold wind sear the plant and the flower.
冷风使所有的花草树木枯萎。
英英解释
- make very hot and dry
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scorch, sear
[例]
- The heat scorched the countryside
- become superficially burned
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scorch, sear, singe
[例]
- my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
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- burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
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blacken, scorch, sear, char
[例]
- The cook blackened the chicken breast
- The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
- the flames scorched the ceiling
- cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
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parch, sear
[例]
- The sun parched the earth
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- (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
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dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered
[例]
- dried-up grass
- the desert was edged with sere vegetation
- shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
- withered vines
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