singe
vt.& vi. 浅表烧焦
vt. (毛发)燎,烧焦尖端[边儿]
If you singe something or if it singes, it burns very slightly and changes colour but does not catch fire.
The electric fire had begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers...
电暖炉的火刚开始烧着他的裤腿。
Her hair was singed and her anorak was burnt...
她头发烧焦了,带风帽的夹克也烧掉了。
1. a surface burn
1. burn superficially or lightly;
2. become superficially burned;
The electric fire had begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers.
电暖炉的火刚开始烧着他的裤腿。
Toast the dried chillies in a hot pan until they start to singe.
将干辣椒放在烧热的平底锅里煸至微焦。
If the iron is too hot you'll singe that nightdress.
如果熨斗过热,你会把睡衣烫焦.
The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.
熨斗太热了, 你会把衣服烫焦的.
Then it might singe the backsides of some of those snotty - nosed shufflers in Parliament.
那样也许可以把国会里一些卑鄙的 两面派 的屁股烧它一下.