Word · Frequency #19812
scald
烫伤
核心释义
a burn caused by hot liquid or steam
- 1.
热液体或蒸汽引起的皮肤或肌肉烫伤。
A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by hot liquid or steam.
- 2.
用热水或沸水与面粉调成的糊(使淀粉糊化并吸收更多水分),冷却后加入面包面团,使面包更柔软且更耐久存。
A paste, made by mixing flour with hot or boiling water (causing starches in it to gelatinize and hold more water) and allowing that mixture to sit and cool, which is added to bread dough to produce a softer bread that takes longer to stale.
烫洗；热液体或蒸汽引起的皮肤或肌肉烫伤。；用热水或沸水与面粉调成的糊(使淀粉糊化并吸收更多水分),冷却后加入面包面团,使面包更柔软且更耐久存。
用法In use
Before you peel them, scald the tomatoes in boiling water for a few seconds.
用法提示：此例中 scald 是祈使句中的动词，表示用沸水烫一下以便去皮。
She always scalds the empty jars with hot water before filling them with jam.
用法提示：scalds 是动词第三人称单数，表示用热水烫洗容器以消毒。
The cook scalded the peaches in boiling water to remove their skins.
用法提示：scalded 是动词过去式，表示将桃子放入沸水中烫洗。
scald sth/sb
scald 作及物动词，宾语可以是烫伤源直接作用的人或身体部位。
The boiling water scalded his hand.
开水烫伤了他的手。
be scalded by sth
被动结构强调受伤者，by 后接造成烫伤的事物。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- scald your tongue
- 烫伤舌头
- I scalded my tongue on the hot coffee.我被热咖啡烫了舌头。
- scald the milk
- 给牛奶加热至将沸
- Scald the milk before adding it to the sauce.做酱汁前先把牛奶加热到快要沸腾。
- suffer a scald
- 遭受烫伤
- He suffered a scald on his hand from the boiling water.他的手被开水烫伤了。
- minor scald
- 轻度烫伤
- A minor scald can be soothed with cool water.轻度烫伤可以用凉水缓解。
- burns and scalds
- 烧伤和烫伤
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：scald 和 cold 只差一个 s，烫伤/scald 不是 cold（冷），而是被热水烫得皮肤发红。想想‘s’像被烫出的水泡。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：厨房、医疗、食品处理 通常为中性词，口语和一般书面语都常用；多用于厨房烫伤、医疗描述或食品处理等场景。正式场合与日常对话中都比较自然，没有明显的正式或俚语色彩。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 scald（/skɒ:ld/）押韵的词：bald, called, walled, appalled（结尾音均为 /ɒ:ld/）。注意形近但发音不同的词：scale /skeɪl/、scold /skəʊld/、scallop /ˈskɒləp/、scalpel /ˈskælpəl/，它们都不押韵。
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