singe

中文来自 ECDICT

v.: 烧焦，烤焦

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演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 sengen
继承自 ←古英语 senġan
继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *sangijan “to burn, torch”
源自 ←原始印欧语 *senk- “to burn”

词源说明

From Middle English sengen, from Old English senġan, sænċġan (“to singe, burn slightly, scorch, afflict”), from Proto-West Germanic *sangijan (“to burn, torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *senk- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian singe, sinzje (“to singe”), Saterland Frisian soange (“to singe”), Dutch zengen (“to singe, scorch”), German Low German sengen (“to singe”), German sengen (“to singe, scorch”), Icelandic sangur (“singed, burnt, scorched”).

释义（英文）

动词 Verb

(transitive) To burn slightly.
(transitive) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it.
(transitive) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken, etc.) by passing it over a flame.

名词 Noun

A burning of the surface; a slight burn.

词族

派生词（4）

besinge unsinged singeingly singe one's wings

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释义（英文）

动词 Verb

Obsolete form of sing.