sear

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美 [sɪr]

v.  烧灼; 灼伤; 烤焦; 轻煎; 使骤然感到剧痛

过去式：seared　过去分词：seared　现在分词：searing　第三人称单数：sears　复数：sears　

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BNC.24328 / COCA.14553

牛津词典

verb

• 烧灼；灼伤；烤焦；轻煎
  to burn the surface of sth in a way that is sudden and powerful
  1. The heat of the sun seared their faces.
     烈日把他们的脸都晒伤了。
  2. Sear the meat first (= cook the outside of it quickly at a high temperature) to retain its juices.
     先把肉稍煎一下以保持肉汁。
• 使骤然感到剧痛
  to cause sb to feel sudden and great pain
  1. The pain seared along her arm.
     她的胳膊一阵剧痛。
  2. Feelings of guilt seared him.
     他深感内疚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 烧掉…的表面;烧焦
  Tosearsomething means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat.
  1. Grass fires have seared the land near the farming village of Basekhai.
     草地野火烧焦了巴斯克亥农庄附近的土地。
• VERB 烧灼;灼伤;灼痛
  If somethingsearsa part of your body, it causes a painful burning feeling there.
  1. I distinctly felt the heat start to sear my throat.
     我分明感觉到嗓子开始烧得难受。
• See also:searing

英英释义

verb

• cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
  1. The sun parched the earth
  Synonym:parch
• make very hot and dry
  1. The heat scorched the countryside
  Synonym:scorch
• burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  1. The cook blackened the chicken breast
  2. The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece
  3. the flames scorched the ceiling
  Synonym:charblackenscorch
• become superficially burned
  1. my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
  Synonym:scorchsinge

adj

• (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  1. dried-up grass
  2. the desert was edged with sere vegetation
  3. shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings
  4. withered vines
  Synonym:dried-upsereshriveledshrivelledwithered

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