parch
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 烤，烘，使干透
- vi.
- 烤干，焦干
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 parchen
词源说明
From Middle English parchen, paarchen (“to parch; dry; roast”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of Middle English perchen (“to roast”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (transitive) To burn the surface of, to scorch.
- (transitive) To roast, as dry grain.
- (transitive) To dry to extremity; to shrivel with heat.
- (intransitive, colloquial) To be very thirsty.
- (transitive, archaic) To boil something slowly (Still used in Lancashire in parched peas, a type of mushy peas).
- (intransitive) To become superficially burnt; to become sunburned.
名词 Noun
- The condition of being parched.