单词 | scorched |
释义 | scorched (once / 2042 pages) adj WORD FAMILY scorch: scorched, scorcher, scorches, scorching+/scorcher: scorchers/scorching: scorchingly, scorchings USAGE EXAMPLESThe Cottonwood fire scorched 65 square miles of land between Interstate 90 and U.S. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) But this year, firefighters couldn't stop the flames, which eventually scorched 75 square miles and turned 280 homes into tangled rubble. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) But this year, firefighters couldn’t stop the flames, which eventually scorched 75 square miles and turning 280 homes into tangled rubble. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1adj dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight the earth was scorched and bare Syn adust, baked, parched, sunbaked dry free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet 2adj having everything destroyed so nothing is left salvageable by an enemy Sherman's scorched earth policy Syn destroyed spoiled or ruined or demolished |
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