Word · Frequency #15434
scorch
烧焦；灼伤；烫焦
To burn the surface of something so that it becomes discolored.
- 1.
To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
烧焦某物表面使其变色
- 2.
To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
用高温或火使枯萎、干枯或毁坏,尤指对敌方实行焦土政策
- 3.
To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
高速移动(字面或比喻上,快得仿佛在地面留下焦痕)
- 4.
To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
燃烧；用火或像火一样烧毁
- 5.
To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
用尖刻的讽刺或恶毒攻击
烧毁；焚烧；疾驰；飞驰；使枯萎；烧毁；摧毁；痛斥；尖刻抨击；烧焦某物表面使其变色
In use
The hot iron scorched the shirt, leaving a brown mark.
The drought scorched the grass, turning it yellow.
Be careful not to scorch the cake when baking it.
scorch something
The sun scorched the grass.
太阳把草晒焦了。
something scorches
The bread scorched in the toaster.
面包在烤面包机里烤焦了。
scorch someone with something
用于比喻义，指严厉批评或讽刺。
She scorched him with her sarcastic remarks.
她用讽刺的话挖苦了他。
Connections
Collocations
- scorched-earth policy
- 焦土政策
- The retreating army adopted a scorched-earth policy.撤退的军队采取了焦土政策。
- scorch a shirt
- 把衬衫烫焦
- She scorched her favorite shirt with the iron.她用熨斗把自己最喜欢的衬衫烫焦了。
- scorching heat
- 酷热；灼热
- The flowers wilted in the scorching heat.花朵在酷热中枯萎了。
- scorch the landscape
- 烧焦大地；使土地焦枯
- The wildfire scorched the landscape for miles.野火烧焦了绵延数英里的土地。
- scorch past
- 飞驰而过；疾驰而过
- A black car scorched past us on the highway.一辆黑色汽车在高速公路上从我们身边飞驰而过。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
scorch 音近“烤去”，联想火烤表面使其变色焦黑；也可想“焦土政策”与疾驰带火，记住“烤焦”这个核心画面。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：frying or ironing accidents、wildfire or heat damage、informal speech about moving very fast、military 'scorched earth' operations scorch 的语域随义项变化：表示“烧焦表面”时语气中性，多用于烹饪、熨烫或火灾等日常场景；表示“焦土”时偏正式或军事语境；而表示“疾驰”时则多用于非正式口语。请根据具体语境选择相应语气。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Torch (/tɔːtʃ/) and porch (/pɔːtʃ/) rhyme with scorch and share the -orch spelling. Search (/sɜːtʃ/), birch (/bɜːtʃ/) and perch (/pɜːtʃ/) look similar but have the /ɜː/ vowel, and starch (/stɑːtʃ/) has /ɑː/, so these four do not rhyme with scorch.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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