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scorching + adj
The weather was scorching hot.
天气炎热无比。
灼热地；滚烫地
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灼热地；滚烫地
capable of causing burns
The weather was scorching hot.
天气炎热无比。
能造成灼伤的；灼热的
capable of causing burns
The pavement was scorching hot under the midday sun.
正午的太阳下，人行道滚烫。
She held the scorching hot pan with a towel.
她用毛巾端着滚烫的平底锅。
The air felt scorching hot after the forest fire passed.
森林大火过后，空气滚烫。
The weather was scorching hot.
天气炎热无比。
此用法多见于文学作品，日常口语较少使用。
The sun beat down scorching.
太阳灼热地照射下来。
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酷热的；滚烫的
The desert was scorching hot at noon.
正午时沙漠里酷热难耐。
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scorching = scorch(烧焦) + ing，想象烈日把地面烧得滚烫，副词'灼热地'。
语域：informal 常见场景：口语强调高温、日常描述天气 该用法通常出现在口语中，多用于修饰 hot，表示极端炎热；正式书面语中较少见。
Genuine rhyme: torching (/ˈtɔːrtʃɪŋ/). Lookalikes that do not rhyme: searching (/ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/), marching (/ˈmɑːrtʃɪŋ/), punching (/ˈpʌntʃɪŋ/) — the vowel sounds differ, and punching adds /n/ before the /tʃ/.
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