scorch
verb
uk/skɔːtʃ/us/skɔːrtʃ/scorchverb(BURN)
[IorT]
to (causeto)changecolourwithdryheat, or toburnslightly:
(把…)烤(或烫、晒)得变色;(使)烧焦Theironwas toohotand he scorched theshirt.熨斗太烫了,他把衬衫烫焦了。
Thesurroundingbuildingswere scorched by theheatof theexplosion.周围建筑被爆炸产生的高温熏得变色了。
to make fire or damage with fire
- burnThe fire was still burning after 24 hours.
 - burn (fuel)The car burns biofuel.
 - burnShe burned his diaries to stop the information from becoming public.
 - blazeBush fires blazed across the county.
 - smoulderUKThe fire smouldered and soon went out.
 - scorchThe sun had scorched the grass and turned it brown.
 
Burning, burnt & on fire
- ablaze
 - afire
 - alight
 - blaze
 - burn(something)down
 - burn sb up
 - burned out
 - burnt
 - burnt offering
 - burnt out
 - carbonize
 - char
 - charred
 - flame
 - go up in flamesidiom
 - inextinguishable
 - scorched
 - sear
 - self-immolation
 - unlit
 
scorchverb(DRIVE FAST)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]old-fashionedinformal
(especiallyofmotorcyclesandcars) totravelor bedrivenveryfast:
(尤指摩托车和小汽车)高速疾驶,飞驰Thesportscarscorchedpastanddisappearedinto thedistance.跑车疾驶而过,消失在远方。
Moving quickly
- agility
 - beetle
 - bowl down/alongsomething
 - buzz
 - careen
 - career
 - fluent
 - gun
 - outsail
 - pelt
 - rush
 - scamper
 - scoot
 - scrabble
 - scramble
 - scud
 - shoot
 - stampede
 - ton
 - trot
 
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
scorch
noun[C]
uk/skɔːtʃ/us/skɔːrtʃ/aslightburn, or amarkcausedbyburning:
Thefireleftscorchmarkshalfwayup thewall.
Justcookit enough to get thegrillmarksand a little scorch here and there.
- Theycomparetheimageto alightscorch such as might becreatedif anirontouchedahandkerchieffor toolong.
 - He hasmassivescorchmarksdown thewholeof hisbody.
 - He's got this scorch on hisT-shirt.
 
Burning, burnt & on fire
- ablaze
 - afire
 - alight
 - blaze
 - burn(something)down
 - burn sb up
 - burned out
 - burnt
 - burnt offering
 - burnt out
 - carbonize
 - char
 - charred
 - flame
 - go up in flamesidiom
 - inextinguishable
 - scorched
 - sear
 - self-immolation
 - unlit