scorchedadj.¹

/skɔːtʃt/

Etymology: < scorch v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.

a. Burnt and discoloured by heat, touched by fire.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > scorched

a-roastc1300

broillyc1400

bristled1553

scorcheda1616

charred1794

birsled1833

charked1870

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 204 And falshood, falshood cures, as fire cooles fire Within the scorched veines of one new burn'd.

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxxviii. 81 The Smith..To apt the Mettall; thrusts his scorched Browes Into the flames.

1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 14 As the scorch'd Locusts from their Fields retire, While fast behind them runs the Blaze of Fire.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxix. 71 My scorched limbs he wound In linen moist and balmy.

1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 397 ‘People should be careful with fire’, I say sententiously and they all agree with me, the scorched ones enthusiastically.

b. scorched earth n. used attributively of a policy of destroying all means of sustenance or supply in a country that might be of use to an invading enemy, or of orders, operations, etc., designed to effect this policy; also transferred and figurative, and absol.Apparently a translation of Chinese jiāotŭ (zhèngcè) scorched earth (policy).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories

frightfulness1914

Schrecklichkeit1917

scorched earth1937

retreatism1942

1937 C. McDonald in Times 6 Dec. 12/2 The populace..are still disturbed, in spite of official denials, by wild rumours of a ‘scorched earth policy’ of burning the city before the Japanese enter.

1938 Times 21 Feb. 15/6 (heading) Scorched earth.

1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 1 Oct.–23 Dec. 115 The Soviet have left nothing but scorched earth and derelict, burned-out buildings to the invaders.

1941 E. Snow Scorched Earth ii. iv. 60 The ‘scorched-earth’ policy was credited to General Pai Tsung-hsi, the ablest strategist on Chiang's staff.

1945 Daily Herald 20 Apr. 1/3 A special ‘scorched earth’ order issued by Hitler.

1959 Listener 12 Nov. 818/2 Remember the scorched earth, too. How can Russia forget the menace of Germany?

1960 20th Century July 63 The so-called concentration camps..were part of Kitchener's ‘scorched earth’ strategy.

1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves xvii. 135 The kitchen maid..always adopts the scorched earth policy when preparing a meal.

1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. iii. 44 I was announcing in Parliament the discovery of documents envisaging an IRA offensive and virtual ‘scorched earth’ policy.

2. Parched by the sun.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) > by heat or parched

adust?a1425

parched1560

scorcheda1593

parchy1746

exusted1823

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > parched > by the sun

sunburnta1586

scorcheda1593

sun-dried1604

sunbaked1628

sun-dry1885

a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) i. 208 Like to a Lyon of scortcht desart Affricke.

1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Descr. Places 43 Thither do the people resort, partly for the watring of their scorched grounds.

1707 J. Mortimer Kallendar July in Whole Art Husbandry The Earth now would be glad of refreshing showers to moisten the scorched Vegetables.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. iv. 214 Like the roaring Of fire, whose floods the wild deer circumvent In the scorched pastures of the South.

3. Natural History.

†a. Having an appearance as if shrivelled by heat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > shrivelled

scorched1682

1682 tr. J. Goedaert Of Insects 33 I could never Observe from these kind of Catterpillars a perfect and compleat Butterfly, but with contracted, and as it were scorched Wings, not to be expanded, or fit for flight.

b. Having colouring resembling a scorch.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dark brown

burnetc1200

fusk1599

fusky1610

chocolate-coloured1736

brunneous1815

chocolate1819

ustulate1826

scorched1832

fuscescent1881

forest-brown1892

burnt-coloured1896

Jacobean1918

mocha1977

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 162 The Scorched Blunt-wing.

1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. Index 276 Scorched Carpet. Scorched Wing.

1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) vi. 84 The scales scorched at the apex.

1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 37 Carex ustulata (Scorched Alpine Sedge).

Compounds

scorched-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1970 T. Hughes Crow 11 Who owns this bristly scorched-looking face?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	scorched
释义	scorchedadj.¹ /skɔːtʃt/ Etymology: < scorch v.¹ + -ed suffix¹. 1. a. Burnt and discoloured by heat, touched by fire. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > scorched a-roastc1300 broillyc1400 bristled1553 scorcheda1616 charred1794 birsled1833 charked1870 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. i. 204 And falshood, falshood cures, as fire cooles fire Within the scorched veines of one new burn'd. View more context for this quotation 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxxviii. 81 The Smith..To apt the Mettall; thrusts his scorched Browes Into the flames. 1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 14 As the scorch'd Locusts from their Fields retire, While fast behind them runs the Blaze of Fire. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna iii. xxix. 71 My scorched limbs he wound In linen moist and balmy. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 397 ‘People should be careful with fire’, I say sententiously and they all agree with me, the scorched ones enthusiastically. b. scorched earth n. used attributively of a policy of destroying all means of sustenance or supply in a country that might be of use to an invading enemy, or of orders, operations, etc., designed to effect this policy; also transferred and figurative, and absol.Apparently a translation of Chinese jiāotŭ (zhèngcè) scorched earth (policy). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] > policies and theories frightfulness1914 Schrecklichkeit1917 scorched earth1937 retreatism1942 1937 C. McDonald in Times 6 Dec. 12/2 The populace..are still disturbed, in spite of official denials, by wild rumours of a ‘scorched earth policy’ of burning the city before the Japanese enter. 1938 Times 21 Feb. 15/6 (heading) Scorched earth. 1941 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 1 Oct.–23 Dec. 115 The Soviet have left nothing but scorched earth and derelict, burned-out buildings to the invaders. 1941 E. Snow Scorched Earth ii. iv. 60 The ‘scorched-earth’ policy was credited to General Pai Tsung-hsi, the ablest strategist on Chiang's staff. 1945 Daily Herald 20 Apr. 1/3 A special ‘scorched earth’ order issued by Hitler. 1959 Listener 12 Nov. 818/2 Remember the scorched earth, too. How can Russia forget the menace of Germany? 1960 20th Century July 63 The so-called concentration camps..were part of Kitchener's ‘scorched earth’ strategy. 1963 P. G. Wodehouse Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves xvii. 135 The kitchen maid..always adopts the scorched earth policy when preparing a meal. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. iii. 44 I was announcing in Parliament the discovery of documents envisaging an IRA offensive and virtual ‘scorched earth’ policy. 2. Parched by the sun. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [adjective] > dried (up) > by heat or parched adust?a1425 parched1560 scorcheda1593 parchy1746 exusted1823 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > [adjective] > injured by heat or fire > parched > by the sun sunburnta1586 scorcheda1593 sun-dried1604 sunbaked1628 sun-dry1885 a1593 C. Marlowe tr. Lucan First Bk. (1600) i. 208 Like to a Lyon of scortcht desart Affricke. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. Descr. Places 43 Thither do the people resort, partly for the watring of their scorched grounds. 1707 J. Mortimer Kallendar July in Whole Art Husbandry The Earth now would be glad of refreshing showers to moisten the scorched Vegetables. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna x. iv. 214 Like the roaring Of fire, whose floods the wild deer circumvent In the scorched pastures of the South. 3. Natural History. †a. Having an appearance as if shrivelled by heat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > shrivelled scorched1682 1682 tr. J. Goedaert Of Insects 33 I could never Observe from these kind of Catterpillars a perfect and compleat Butterfly, but with contracted, and as it were scorched Wings, not to be expanded, or fit for flight. b. Having colouring resembling a scorch. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > dark brown burnetc1200 fusk1599 fusky1610 chocolate-coloured1736 brunneous1815 chocolate1819 ustulate1826 scorched1832 fuscescent1881 forest-brown1892 burnt-coloured1896 Jacobean1918 mocha1977 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. 162 The Scorched Blunt-wing. 1832 J. Rennie Conspectus Butterflies & Moths Brit. Index 276 Scorched Carpet. Scorched Wing. 1845 J. Lindley School Bot. (1858) vi. 84 The scales scorched at the apex. 1859 A. Pratt Brit. Grasses & Sedges 37 Carex ustulata (Scorched Alpine Sedge). Compounds scorched-looking adj. ΚΠ 1970 T. Hughes Crow 11 Who owns this bristly scorched-looking face? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2020). † scorchedadj.² Etymology: < scorch v.³ + -ed suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. Slashed, divided. ΚΠ 1845 Scott's Quentin Durward (new ed.) i. 40 The members of the league..like a scorched [1823 and other edd. scotched] snake, might re-unite. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.¹a1593adj.²1845
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Compounds

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