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单词 scalding
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Definition of scalding in English:

scalding

adjective ˈskɔːldɪŋˈskɔldɪŋ
  • 1Very hot; burning.

    she took a sip of scalding tea
    as submodifier the water was scalding hot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fortunately, Fay saves me from answering by handing me a scalding hot mug, filled with suspiciously dark looking tea.
    • He is also accused of indecently assaulting a second man while he and a female colleague bathed him and holding the hand of another disabled patient under a scalding hot tap to prove to his colleague it would make him run away.
    • She had ‘dreadful burns undoubtedly caused by scalding water’, he said.
    • On the day Waterford never came out of the traps and never produced a resemblance of the form that had seen them make it to this juncture, on a scalding hot day in Limerick in front of a great Waterford crowd.
    • Some were kept in the tubs until they could no longer be revived; others were first chilled and then plunged into scalding water.
    • Some swallow ladles of boiling oil and then spit the scalding liquid onto their captive audience; others insert red-hot implements from the fire into their mouths.
    • Sitting in a scalding hot bath with naked strangers sounds more like punishment than a popular pastime.
    • Delilah notices the scalding tea on the floor and sighs, realizing that Tim didn't drink the poison.
    • In the sixth century, it was common for competitors for the truth to dip their arms in scalding water to prove - by divine protection - the worth of their claims.
    • The city's worth a visit for that alone - three scoops of high-roast ground Cuban coffee to a trickle of scalding water, served in sugary shot measures that simply electrify the system.
    • As reelers, the boys dip their hands into scalding water and palpate the silk cocoons, sensing by touch whether the fine silk threads have loosened enough to be unwound.
    • It's less fun to toss things because scalding hot oil usually ends up on your tender forearms.
    • John entered the bathroom and turned to sink on to hot, placing his hands under the scalding water.
    • I was sitting at a table in the café area, avidly absorbing my latest book, sipping a cup of scalding hot café latte when she welcomed herself into my world.
    • She grabbed her books and backpack and ran to the bathroom, where she washed her hands three times with scalding hot water, and then once more with rubbing alcohol.
    • He swore he heard the splash sizzle as the scalding liquid seared her hand.
    • Chickens destined for the oven are intentionally kept alive while their throats are slit and they're dragged through a scalding tank to make plucking easier.
    • A year later came the infamous episode when she seriously burned her feet by stepping into a scalding hot bath - again while in Mustique.
    • A pizza-dough pasty, with a doughnut consistency, envelops a scalding hot tomato and melted mozzarella interior.
    • Our drill instructors will punch you in the throat if your shoe is untied, then you will have to run up a mountain with two sacks full of scalding hot sauna rocks tied to your bare chest.
    Synonyms
    extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot
    piping hot
    informal boiling (hot), sizzling
    1. 1.1 Intense and painful or distressing.
      a scalding tirade of abuse
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A scalding pain lanced through her body like a fiery, hot poker.
 
 

Definition of scalding in US English:

scalding

adjectiveˈskôldiNGˈskɔldɪŋ
  • 1Very hot; burning.

    she took a sip of scalding tea
    as submodifier the water was scalding hot
    Example sentencesExamples
    • John entered the bathroom and turned to sink on to hot, placing his hands under the scalding water.
    • Some were kept in the tubs until they could no longer be revived; others were first chilled and then plunged into scalding water.
    • She grabbed her books and backpack and ran to the bathroom, where she washed her hands three times with scalding hot water, and then once more with rubbing alcohol.
    • Delilah notices the scalding tea on the floor and sighs, realizing that Tim didn't drink the poison.
    • He is also accused of indecently assaulting a second man while he and a female colleague bathed him and holding the hand of another disabled patient under a scalding hot tap to prove to his colleague it would make him run away.
    • A year later came the infamous episode when she seriously burned her feet by stepping into a scalding hot bath - again while in Mustique.
    • The city's worth a visit for that alone - three scoops of high-roast ground Cuban coffee to a trickle of scalding water, served in sugary shot measures that simply electrify the system.
    • A pizza-dough pasty, with a doughnut consistency, envelops a scalding hot tomato and melted mozzarella interior.
    • She had ‘dreadful burns undoubtedly caused by scalding water’, he said.
    • As reelers, the boys dip their hands into scalding water and palpate the silk cocoons, sensing by touch whether the fine silk threads have loosened enough to be unwound.
    • Some swallow ladles of boiling oil and then spit the scalding liquid onto their captive audience; others insert red-hot implements from the fire into their mouths.
    • In the sixth century, it was common for competitors for the truth to dip their arms in scalding water to prove - by divine protection - the worth of their claims.
    • Fortunately, Fay saves me from answering by handing me a scalding hot mug, filled with suspiciously dark looking tea.
    • On the day Waterford never came out of the traps and never produced a resemblance of the form that had seen them make it to this juncture, on a scalding hot day in Limerick in front of a great Waterford crowd.
    • Chickens destined for the oven are intentionally kept alive while their throats are slit and they're dragged through a scalding tank to make plucking easier.
    • Sitting in a scalding hot bath with naked strangers sounds more like punishment than a popular pastime.
    • It's less fun to toss things because scalding hot oil usually ends up on your tender forearms.
    • He swore he heard the splash sizzle as the scalding liquid seared her hand.
    • I was sitting at a table in the café area, avidly absorbing my latest book, sipping a cup of scalding hot café latte when she welcomed herself into my world.
    • Our drill instructors will punch you in the throat if your shoe is untied, then you will have to run up a mountain with two sacks full of scalding hot sauna rocks tied to your bare chest.
    Synonyms
    extremely hot, burning, blistering, searing, red-hot
    1. 1.1 Intense and painful or distressing.
      a scalding tirade of abuse
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A scalding pain lanced through her body like a fiery, hot poker.
 
 
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