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Parched Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Dry Earth Plant Corn 英

英语单词 parched
英美音标 英 [pɑːtʃt] 美 [pɑːrtʃt]
中文释义 adj.焦干的;饥渴的
动词parch的过去式和过去分词形式.
英语例句 (1) The land in this region is dry and parched.
(2) The midsummer sun parched the earth.
(3) I'm parched!
中文例句 (1) 这个地区的土地很干燥。
(2) 仲夏的太阳炙烤着大地
(3) 我口渴得很!
vocabulary简明 Something parched is excessively dry and hot, in extreme need of water, like a desert, a neglected plant, or your throat after a five-kilometer run.
vocabulary扩展 Some foods, like corn, beans, or grains, may be parched, or toasted, to bring out their flavor and help preserve them. American Indians parched corn to make it keep and remain edible over the winter. They taught this to the new colonists, and parched corn later became a staple of explorers like Lewis and Clark, as well as soldiers during the Civil War. Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote of parched corn, "It crackled and crunched, and its taste was sweet and brown."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](尤指地面或植物)焦干的,焦枯的 If something, especially the ground or a plant, is parched, it is very dry, because there has been no rain.
  • The clouds gathered and showers poured down upon the parched earth.

    乌云聚涌,倾盆大雨落在焦干的大地上。

  • ...a hill of parched brown grass.

    满山的褐色枯草

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](嘴、喉咙或嘴唇)干燥的 If your mouth, throat, or lips are parched, they are unpleasantly dry.
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    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]干渴的;焦渴的 If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.
      [v-link ADJ]
      [INFORMAL 非正式]

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