Parch
[pɑːtʃ] or [pɑrtʃ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; 'The sun parched the earth'.
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解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To burn the surface of; to scorch; to roast over the fire, as dry grain; as, to parch the skin; to parch corn.
(v. t.) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat; as, the mouth is parched from fever.
(v. i.) To become scorched or superficially burnt; to be very dry.
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同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Burn (slightly), scorch, roast.[2]. Dry, shrivel, dry up.
校對:韦恩
解釋/意思:
v.t. to burn slightly: to scorch.—v.i. to be scorched: to become very dry.—adj. Parched scorched.—adv. Parch′edly.—n. Parch′edness.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Thirst also, violent and parching, the result of the sea-water I had drank, and of the exhaustion of my frame, tormented me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I did not accompany them; I was exhausted: a film covered my eyes, and my skin was parched with the heat of fever. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- My lips were parched, my cheeks burned, and I was very sick. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Two tears, the parched tears of the old, rolled down her puffy cheeks and vanished in the abysses of her bosom. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- She saw death stealing across his features; she laid him on a bed, she held drink to his parched lips. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Dew on the parched earth! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Your lips are parched. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I am afraid of this heat that parches my skin. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
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