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burnt

/burnt/US // bɜrnt //UK // (bɜːnt) //

烧毁的,烧毁,被烧毁的,烧掉的

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a simple past tense and past participle of burn.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Fine Arts. of or showing earth pigments that have been calcined and changed to a deeper and warmer color: burnt ocher.of or showing colors having a deeper or grayer hue than is usually associated with them: burnt orange; burnt rose.

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Examples

  • For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.

  • I learned some things I can't unlearn: human kneecaps look like rocks; bones when burnt, shrink and twist.

  • What does the preciousness of our white flesh represent in contrast to burnt brown bodies created by our bombs?

  • His complexion was ruddy, his fair skin burnt from time in the sun.

  • Omran, who was 17 at the time, was completely bald, weak, and as frail as a burnt match.

  • He noticed at the same time several burnt matches between his cushions and her chair.

  • The Dutch fleet attacked Burnt island, in Scotland, but were repulsed.

  • That night one of them endeavored to storm the magazine, burnt and plundered the station, and marched off towards Delhi.

  • They burnt the chosen city of holiness, and made the streets thereof desolate according to the prediction of Jeremias.

  • Later on he became intensely critical of his own work, and finally bought up all the copies he could lay hands on and burnt them!