singe
vt.& vi. 淺表燒焦
vt. (毛髮)燎,燒焦尖端[邊兒]
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...
電暖爐的火剛開始燒著他的褲腿。
Her hair was singed and her anorak was burnt...
她頭髮燒焦了,帶風帽的夾克也燒掉了。
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.
電暖爐的火剛開始燒著他的褲腿。
Toast the dried chillies in a hot pan until they start to singe.
將幹辣椒放在燒熱的平底鍋裡煸至微焦。
If the iron is too hot you'll singe that nightdress.
如果熨斗過熱,你會把睡衣燙焦.
The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.
熨斗太熱了, 你會把衣服燙焦的.
Then it might singe the backsides of some of those snotty - nosed shufflers in Parliament.
那樣也許可以把國會里一些卑鄙的 兩面派 的屁股燒它一下.