| 单词 | singe |
| 释义 | singe (once / 3363 pages) vn To burn something just a little bit is to singe it. If you get too close to your backyard fire pit, you might singe your shirt sleeve. When you singe your finger on a hot stove, it hurts, and when you singe your scarf on a campfire, you'll smell it starting to burn. The verb singe comes from the Old English root word sengan, "to burn lightly, or to burn the edges." One trick to the word singe is that when you add an ing, you need to be sure you keep the e — otherwise, instead of singeing, you'll be singing. WORD FAMILYsinge: singed, singeing, singes USAGE EXAMPLESA prosecutor told the jury Wednesday that the defendants’ faces were “singed” into the memories of the daughters, who witnessed the slayings. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) “Recent reports of Russian interference in our election should alarm every American,” says the letter that the four men singed onto. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) Several transformers in the area were singed, the fire department said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1v burn superficially or lightly I singed my eyebrows Syn|Hyper swinge blacken, char, scorch, sear burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color 2v become superficially burned my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames Syn|Hyper scorch, sear burn, combust undergo combustion 3n a surface burn Syn|Hyper scorch burn an injury caused by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation |
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