parching
/pahrch/US // pɑrtʃ //UK // (pɑːtʃ) //
烧焦,削皮,剥皮,晒干
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- : to make dry, hot, or thirsty: Walking in the sun parched his throat.
- : to dry by exposure to heat without burning; to toast or roast slightly: A staple of the Indian diet was parched corn.
- : to dry or shrivel with cold.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to suffer from heat, thirst, or need of water.
- : to become parched; undergo drying by heat.
- : to dry.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
It is nonsensical to parch one's throat with thirst when a kindly Mahomedan is ready to offer pure water to drink.
They first parch and then pound it between two stones until it is reduced to a fine meal.
What they gave me did rather parch and dry up my body, and made me probably worse than otherwise I might have been.
She persuaded the women of the land to parch with fire the seed of the corn that their husbands sowed in the earth.
You shall always blow in the hot, dry weather, and shall parch and shrivel all living things.
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