| scorch | 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. "Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching." (Mortimer) 2. To burn or be burnt. "he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scoch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot." (Hawthorne) 1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes colour and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. "Summer drouth or singed air never scorch thy tresses fair." (Milton) 2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. "Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires." (Prior) 3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. "Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire." (Rev. Xvi. 8) "The fire that scorches me to death." (Dryden) Origin: OE. Scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. Skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrokka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. Skrakkla to wrinkle (see Shrug); but perhaps influenced by OF. Escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. Ecorcher, LL. Excorticare; L. Ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork); because the skin falls off when scorched. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|
| scorch | a discoloration caused by heat |
|---|---|
| scorch | a surface burn |
| scorch | cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat |
| scorch | make very hot and dry |
| scorch | burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color |
| scorch | destroy completely by or as if by fire |
| scorch | become superficially burned |
| scorch | censor and criticize sharply and harshly |
| scorch | damaged or discolored by superficial burning:"the scorched blouse tore easily" |
| scorch | having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy |
| scorch | dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight |
| scorch | the target company defends itself by selling off its crown jewels |
Á¦Ç°¸í |
ÆÇ¸Å»ç |
º¸ÇèÄÚµå | ¼ººÐ/ÇÔ·® | ±¸ºÐ/º¸Çè±Þ¿© |
|---|
Á¦Ç°¸í |
ÆÇ¸Å»ç |
º¸ÇèÄÚµå | ¼ººÐ/ÇÔ·® | ±¸ºÐ/º¸Çè±Þ¿© |
|---|