Sear
[sɪə] or [sɪr]
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Sere
(a.) To wither; to dry up.
(a.) To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
(n.) The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
贾维斯整理
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Cauterize, burn with a hot iron, burn with cautery.
a. Dry, withered.
手打:罗谢尔
解释:
n. the catch in a gun-lock by which it is held at cock or half-cock: a part of a gun-lock.—n. Sear′-spring a spring in a gun-lock.
v.t. to dry up: to burn to dryness on the surface: to scorch: to cauterise: to render callous or insensible.—adj. dry withered.—adj. Seared dried up: burned: hardened.—ns. Seared′ness hardness insensibility; Sear′ness dryness; Sear′wood wood dry enough to burn.
录入:罗宾逊
例句:
- I can't wait to-day, said Will, inwardly seared by the possibility that Mr. Casaubon would enter. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- His brain was hurt, seared, the tissue was as if destroyed. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- My seared vision! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- It is easy for me to be so, for every event of that dreadful time is seared into my memory. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- It was a dreadful hour--an hour from which she emerged shrinking and seared, as though her lids had been scorched by its actual glare. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- He felt his heart was seared, it would perish if this went on much longer. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
编辑:波西亚