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parch

/pahrch/US // pɑrtʃ //UK // (pɑːtʃ) //

鹦鹉,割裂,鹦鹉学舌,抛锚

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
    • : to make dry, hot, or thirsty: Walking in the sun parched his throat.
    • : to dry by exposure to heat without burning; to toast or roast slightly: A staple of the Indian diet was parched corn.
    • : to dry or shrivel with cold.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to suffer from heat, thirst, or need of water.
    • : to become parched; undergo drying by heat.
    • : to dry.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It is nonsensical to parch one's throat with thirst when a kindly Mahomedan is ready to offer pure water to drink.

  • They first parch and then pound it between two stones until it is reduced to a fine meal.

  • What they gave me did rather parch and dry up my body, and made me probably worse than otherwise I might have been.

  • She persuaded the women of the land to parch with fire the seed of the corn that their husbands sowed in the earth.

  • You shall always blow in the hot, dry weather, and shall parch and shrivel all living things.