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sear
a. 枯萎的,烤焦的
v. 烤焦,使枯萎

词形变化:

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

例句与用法:

  1. "I have lived long enough; my way of life is falling into the sear, the yellow leaf."
    "我已经活得够久的了;我的生命已经日益枯萎,像片凋谢的黄叶。"
  2. A cloth was seared by the heat of the oven.
    一块布被烤箱烧焦了。
  3. 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。
  4. The terrible experience is seared into my memory.
    那次可怕的经历铭刻在我的记忆中。

英英解释:

动词 sear:

  1. make very hot and dry
  2. 同义词:scorch
  3. become superficially burned
  4. 同义词:scorch, singe
  5. burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  6. 同义词:char, blacken, scorch
  7. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
  8. 同义词:parch

形容词 sear:

  1. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
  2. 同义词:dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered