searing

• 形容极度炙热、强烈或尖锐的事物，常用于表示高温、疼痛或严厉的批评。

Describes something extremely hot, intense, or piercing, often used for heat, pain, or criticism.

1. Severely criticalC1formal

   Expressing harsh or severe criticism; scathing.

   严厉的

   • The critic wrote a searing review of the new play.
   • Her searing remarks left the audience stunned.
   • The article was a searing indictment of government policy.

   同义词acerbicblisteringcausticcuttingdevastatingharshmordantsavagescathingstingingtrenchantvitriolicwithering

   反义词complimentaryflatteringlaudatorypraising

2. Extremely hotB2formal

   Very hot; burning or scorching.

   灼热的

   • The searing heat of the desert was unbearable.
   • He felt a searing pain in his leg after the injury.
   • The sun was searing, making it difficult to stay outside.

   同义词blisteringboilingburningfieryroastingscorchingsizzlingswelteringtorrid

   反义词coldcoolfreezingfrigidicy

• 动词，指用高温快速灼烧或烧烤某物（通常是食物的表面），使其变褐、形成焦壳或烧焦。

A verb used to indicate the act of burning or scorching the surface of something, typically food, with intense heat to create a browned crust.

1. Cook quickly at high heatB2formalculinary

   To brown the surface of food quickly with intense heat, often to seal in flavor.

   高温快煎

   • The chef seared the steak on a hot grill.
   • She seared the tuna for just a minute on each side.
   • Searing the meat locks in the juices.

   同义词browncharscorchsinge

2. Burn or scorchB2formal

   To burn the surface of something, causing a superficial mark or color change.

   烧焦

   • The hot iron seared the fabric, leaving a brown mark.
   • He accidentally seared his hand on the hot pan.
   • The sun seared the grass, turning it yellow.

   同义词burncharscorchsinge

3. Dry up or witherC1formal

   To cause something to become dry and parched, often from heat or exposure.

   使干枯或枯萎

   • The drought seared the crops, leaving them withered.
   • The intense heat seared the landscape, cracking the earth.
   • The wind seared his skin, making it rough and dry.

   同义词dehydratedesiccateparchscorchshrivelwither

   反义词drenchhydratemoistensoakwet