Parch



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 烘烤; 烤焦
• ［英］ v. 烘烤 ( to toast) ; 烤焦 ( to become scorched)
• ［类］ 反义词: steep ( 浸泡)
• ［记］ 起源不明, 和perch ( 栖息) 一起记
• ［同］ 近形词: perch ( 栖息) ; porch ( 门廊)
• ［例］ The hot sun parched the bare earth below.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to toast under dry heat
  • 2. to shrivel with heat
  • 3. to dry or shrivel with cold
• intransitive verb
  • to become dry or scorched

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