| 单词 | char |
| 释义 | char (once / 1160 pages) 1vn 2n 3n To char is to burn or blacken something so that it’s like charcoal but still tasty. A char is something that has been burned in this way. To char is to burn something on the outside. If you've ever eaten a hot dog or hamburger cooked over an open flame, it was charred. Many people like the taste of char-grilled meat. To char doesn’t usually mean to burn all the way, just enough to blacken. Unfortunately, char can also mean to reduce to charcoal — if there's a house fire, couches and chairs could be charred. Not so delicious. WORD FAMILYchar: charing, charred, charring, chars USAGE EXAMPLESFrench police discovered the charred remains of 14 victims — arranged in a star formation — in a forest clearing near the Alpine city of Grenoble. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) French police discovered the charred remains of 14 victims - arranged in a star formation - in a forest clearing near the Alpine city of Grenoble. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Their charred bodies were visible inside the burnt-out remains of the vehicle. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v burn to charcoal Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything Syn|Hyper coal burn, combust cause to burn or combust 2v burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece Syn|Hypo|Hyper blacken, scorch, sear singe, swinge burn superficially or lightly burn burn with heat, fire, or radiation 3n a charred substance 2Hypo|Hyper animal black, animal charcoal, bone black, bone char black substance containing char in the form of carbonized bone; used as a black pigment snuffthe charred portion of a candlewick C, atomic number 6, carbon an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds n any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper charr Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus small trout of northern waters; landlocked populations in Quebec and northern New England salmonid soft-finned fishes of cold and temperate waters n a human female employed to do housework the char will clean the carpet Syn|Hyper charwoman, cleaning lady, cleaning woman, woman cleaner someone whose occupation is cleaning |
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