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单词 scorching
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Definition of scorching in English:

scorching

adjective ˈskɔːtʃɪŋˈskɔrtʃɪŋ
  • 1Very hot.

    the scorching July sun
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had to leave it running for a minute or two until it was scorching hot.
    • The July sun was scorching, and the driver got lost.
    • It was one of the better-looking days, sunny, but not scorching.
    • Her face was scorching and she could not look at him.
    • People, from kiddies to oldies, received the recreation despite the scorching sun.
    • Almost immediately, his calf swelled up, and the skin covering it grew scorching hot.
    • Men in khaki did not complain about the scorching sun or the mirthful crowd.
    • Farmers on the Continent battled against an exceptionally dry summer and scorching temperatures that seriously damaged crops.
    • It was scorching outside and there was no telling whether he had managed to fall asleep or not, and even if he did, there was no telling whether he would wake up.
    • The water was scorching, and she liked it that way.
    • Accept the conditions - even if it's scorching sunshine or a really steep or rocky stretch.
    • One of the defining characteristics of the Malaysian Grand Prix is the scorching heat.
    • Keep in mind that Jamaican cuisine doesn't have to be scorching.
    • The tale begins quietly enough on a long-ago summer's day of stifling heat and scorching sunshine.
    • Did you ever put your fingers on something scorching hot?
    • Normal people could only survive travel on the planet during dusk and dawn, when the temperature was neither freezing nor scorching.
    • Vultures and hawks circled in the flat blue skies above; clouds flecked and passed as ships of ghostly steam; the sun was hot but not scorching.
    • The hot sun was scorching, and they quickly headed inside.
    • Around me, frustrated passengers began to speculate about the city overheating in scorching temperatures.
    • I'm in hot water, so scorching and so deep that some relatives and friends are questioning my sanity.
    Synonyms
    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
    North American broiling
    informal boiling (hot), sizzling
    1. 1.1 (of criticism) harsh; severe.
      Synonyms
      fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic
    2. 1.2informal Very fast.
      she set a scorching pace
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No English daily is expanding at the scorching pace of these.
      • He got the innings going at a scorching pace.
      • Fear is an alien emotion to the 18-year-old sensation, whose biggest asset is his scorching pace.
      • Profit growth had slowed from 2004's scorching pace.
      • Fear is an alien emotion to the prodigy, whose biggest asset is his scorching pace.
      • It has set a scorching pace in a bid to remain York's greenest company.
      • The band were in top form as they flew through the night's scorching 65-minute, 11-song set.
      Synonyms
      speedy, quick, swift, rapid

Derivatives

  • scorchingly

  • adverbˈskɔːtʃɪŋliˈskɔrtʃɪŋli
    • The news for today, apart from the fact that Munich is scorchingly hot, is that I apparently have a first class honours degree.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But of course he says this, and a great deal more, far more wittily and scorchingly every time he goes into a recording studio.
      • The cockpit became scorchingly hot, and I could see the heat waves coming off the generator as it struggled to keep up with my fast firing.
      • Ten minutes and a scorchingly confusing user interface later, we'd ordered our pizza.
      • It looked scorchingly hot out there in the opening minutes of the broadcast.
 
 

Definition of scorching in US English:

scorching

adjectiveˈskôrCHiNGˈskɔrtʃɪŋ
  • 1Very hot.

    the scorching July sun
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Keep in mind that Jamaican cuisine doesn't have to be scorching.
    • I'm in hot water, so scorching and so deep that some relatives and friends are questioning my sanity.
    • I had to leave it running for a minute or two until it was scorching hot.
    • Did you ever put your fingers on something scorching hot?
    • The tale begins quietly enough on a long-ago summer's day of stifling heat and scorching sunshine.
    • It was scorching outside and there was no telling whether he had managed to fall asleep or not, and even if he did, there was no telling whether he would wake up.
    • Men in khaki did not complain about the scorching sun or the mirthful crowd.
    • It was one of the better-looking days, sunny, but not scorching.
    • Normal people could only survive travel on the planet during dusk and dawn, when the temperature was neither freezing nor scorching.
    • Around me, frustrated passengers began to speculate about the city overheating in scorching temperatures.
    • The July sun was scorching, and the driver got lost.
    • One of the defining characteristics of the Malaysian Grand Prix is the scorching heat.
    • The water was scorching, and she liked it that way.
    • Almost immediately, his calf swelled up, and the skin covering it grew scorching hot.
    • The hot sun was scorching, and they quickly headed inside.
    • Farmers on the Continent battled against an exceptionally dry summer and scorching temperatures that seriously damaged crops.
    • Accept the conditions - even if it's scorching sunshine or a really steep or rocky stretch.
    • Vultures and hawks circled in the flat blue skies above; clouds flecked and passed as ships of ghostly steam; the sun was hot but not scorching.
    • Her face was scorching and she could not look at him.
    • People, from kiddies to oldies, received the recreation despite the scorching sun.
    Synonyms
    extremely hot, red-hot, unbearably hot, baking, baking hot, blazing, flaming, fiery, burning, blistering, searing, sweltering, torrid, tropical, like an oven, like a furnace, like a blowtorch
    1. 1.1 (of criticism) harsh; severe.
      Synonyms
      fierce, savage, scathing, withering, blistering, searing, devastating, stringent, severe, harsh, stinging, biting, mordant, trenchant, caustic, virulent, vitriolic
    2. 1.2informal Very fast.
      she set a scorching pace
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The band were in top form as they flew through the night's scorching 65-minute, 11-song set.
      • Profit growth had slowed from 2004's scorching pace.
      • It has set a scorching pace in a bid to remain York's greenest company.
      • No English daily is expanding at the scorching pace of these.
      • Fear is an alien emotion to the prodigy, whose biggest asset is his scorching pace.
      • Fear is an alien emotion to the 18-year-old sensation, whose biggest asset is his scorching pace.
      • He got the innings going at a scorching pace.
      Synonyms
      speedy, quick, swift, rapid
 
 
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