English-Thai Dictionary

scorch

VI ย่าง เกรียม  ไหม้ เกรียม  burn parch roast singe yang-kiam

 

scorch

VT ย่าง เกรียม  ไหม้ เกรียม  burn parch roast singe yang-kiam

 

scorch

VT แผล ไหม้ เกรียม  pare-mai-kiam

 

scorch out

PHRV เผา ทำลาย  pao-tam-lai

 

scorcher

N ผู้ทำ ให้ ไหม้ เกรียม  สิ่ง ที่ ทำให้ ไหม้ เกรียม  ความร้อน ที่ แผดเผา  วันท ร้อน มาก  phu-tam-hai-mai-kiam

 

scorching

ADJ ซึ่ง แผดเผา  ร้อน มาก  ซึ่ง ทำให้ แสบ ร้อน  very hot unbearably hot freezing suengpad-pao

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCORCH

v.t. 1. To burn superficially; to subject to a degree of heat that changes the color of a thing, or both the color and texture of the surface. Fire will scorch linen or cotton very speedily in extremely cold weather.
2. To burn; to affect painfully with heat. Scorched with the burning sun or burning sands of Africa.

 

SCORCH

v.i.To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. Scatter a little mungy straw and fern among your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.

 

SCORCHED

pp. Burnt on the surface; pained by heat.

 

SCORCHING

ppr. Burning on the surface; paining by heat.

 

SCORCHING-FENNEL

n.A plant of the genus Thapsia; deadly carrot.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORCH

Scorch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorched; p. pr. & vb. n. Scorching. ]Etym: [OE. scorchen, probably akin to scorcnen; cf. Norw. skrokken shrunk up, skrekka, skrökka, to shrink, to become wrinkled up, dial. Sw. skråkkla to wrinkle (see Shrug ); but perhaps influenced by OF. escorchier to strip the bark from, to flay, to skin, F. écorcher, LL. excorticare; L. ex from + cortex, -icis, bark (cf. Cork ); because the skin falls off when scorched. ]

 

1. To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as, to scorch linen. Summer drouth or singed air never scorch thy tresses fair. Milton.

 

2. To affect painfully with heat, or as with heat; to dry up with heat; to affect as by heat. Lashed by mad rage, and scorched by brutal fires. Prior.

 

3. To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire. Power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. Rev. xvi. 8. The fire that scorches me to death. Dryden.

 

SCORCH

SCORCH Scorch, v. i.

 

1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up. Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching. Mortimer.

 

2. To burn or be burnt. he laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scoch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot. Hawthorne.

 

SCORCHING

SCORCHING Scorch "ing, a.

 

Defn: Burning; parching or shriveling with heat. -- Scorch "ing *ly, adv. -- Scorch "ing *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scorch

scorch |skôrCH skɔrtʃ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] burn the surface of (something ) with flame or heat: surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast. • [ no obj. ] become burned when exposed to heat or a flame: the meat had scorched. • (often as adj. scorched ) (of the heat of the sun ) cause (vegetation or a place ) to become dried out and lifeless: a desolate, scorched landscape. 2 [ no obj. ] informal (of a person or vehicle ) move very fast: a sports car scorching along the expressway. ▶noun the burning or charring of the surface of something: [ as modifier ] : a scorch mark. • Botany a form of plant necrosis, typically of fungal origin, marked by browning of leaf margins. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shriveled. ’

 

scorched earth policy

scorched earth pol i cy |skɔrtʃt ərθ ˈpɑləsi | ▶noun a military strategy of burning or destroying buildings, crops, or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.

 

scorcher

scorch er |ˈskôrCHər ˈskɔrtʃər | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal 1 a day or period of very hot weather: next week could be a real scorcher. 2 a remarkable or extreme example of something, in particular: • a very powerfully struck ball: Winfield hit a scorcher over the left field fence. • a sensational or very good book, film, or song. • a heated or violent argument.

 

scorching

scorch ing |ˈskôrCHiNG skɔrtʃɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot: the scorching July sun. • (of criticism ) harsh; severe. • informal very fast: she set a scorching pace. DERIVATIVES scorch ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

scorch

scorch |skɔːtʃ | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] burn the surface of (something ) with flame or heat: surrounding houses were scorched by heat from the blast. • [ no obj. ] become burnt when exposed to heat or a flame: the meat had scorched. • (often as adj. scorched ) (of the heat of the sun ) cause (vegetation or a place ) to become dried out and lifeless: a desolate, scorched landscape. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] informal (of a person or vehicle ) move very fast: a sports car scorching along the expressway. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the burning or charring of the surface of something: [ as modifier ] : a scorch mark. • Botany a form of plant necrosis, typically of fungal origin, marked by browning of leaf margins. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): perhaps related to Old Norse skorpna ‘be shrivelled ’.

 

scorched earth policy

scorched earth policy ▶noun a military strategy of burning or destroying crops or other resources that might be of use to an invading enemy force.

 

scorcher

scorch ¦er |ˈskɔːtʃə | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] informal 1 a day or period of very hot weather: next week could be a real scorcher. 2 Brit. a remarkable or extreme example of something, in particular: • a very powerfully struck shot or kick. • a sensational or very good book, film, or play. • a violent argument. • dated a person who drives or cycles very fast.

 

scorching

scorching |ˈskɔːtʃɪŋ | ▶adjective very hot: the scorching July sun. • (of criticism ) harsh; severe. • informal very fast: she set a scorching pace. DERIVATIVES scorchingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scorch

scorch verb 1 the buildings were scorched by the fire: burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolor. 2 grass scorched by the sun: dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel; burn, bake.

 

scorching

scorching adjective 1 the scorching July sun: extremely hot, red-hot, blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, broiling; informal boiling (hot ), baking (hot ), sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 2 scorching criticism: fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scorch

scorch verb 1 the buildings around us were scorched by the fire: burn, sear, singe, char, blacken, discolour; rare torrefy. 2 grass scorched by the sun: dry up, desiccate, parch, wither, shrivel; burn, bake, roast. 3 informal to get to New York you have to scorch along sixteen-lane highways: speed, zoom, whizz, blast; informal zap, zip, burn, burn rubber, belt, vroom; Brit. informal bomb, bucket, put one's foot down, blind; N. Amer. informal barrel, lay rubber.

 

scorching

scorching adjective 1 the scorching July sun: extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking (hot ), blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch; parching, withering; N. Amer. broiling; informal boiling (hot ), sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing. 2 he faced scorching criticism: fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scorch

scorch /skɔː r tʃ /動詞 ～es /-ɪz /; ～ed /-t /; ～ing 他動詞 1 〈物 (の表面 )〉を焦がす, 〈物 〉を熱で変色させる ▸ I scorched my blouse with the iron .アイロンでブラウスを焦がしてしまった .2 〈強い日差し 薬剤などが 〉〈草木 〉を枯らす , 変色させる ▸ The sun scorched the leaves .日照りで葉が枯れてしまった .自動詞 1 焦げる , 熱で変色する .2 〈草木が 〉枯れる , 変色する .3 ｟英 くだけて ｠(車などで )疾走する, 〈車 人が 〉 (全速力で )ぶっとばす (along, down, across, round ).名詞 1 C 焦げ跡 .2 U (草木の病気により褐色に )変色すること ; 葉焼け .～̀ ed è arth p ó licy 焦土戦術 .

 

scorcher

sc ó rch er 名詞 C 1 焦がす人 [物 ].2 ひどく暑い日 .3 ｟話 ｠(自動車などで )ぶっとばす人 .4 辛辣 （しんらつ ）なもの ; ひどく興奮させるもの .

 

scorching

sc ó rch ing 形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗焼けつくような 〈日差し 〉, 焦げるような ; 猛烈な暑さの 〈天気 〉.2 痛烈な, 手厳しい .副詞 焼けつくように ▸ scorching hot 焼けつくように暑い .～ly 副詞 焼けつくほどに ; 痛烈に .