人渴到不行
同一片乾裂的田，這次是從裡面感覺到的：嘴巴、喉嚨乾得像那塊裂開的地。所以人會說 I'm parched，意思是渴得受不了。
adjective · B2
If you are parched, you are very thirsty and want a drink right now.
渴死了
核心畫面
A field after a long hot month with no rain: the water is gone, the soil has opened into cracks, the grass has turned brown. That is dry taken all the way to the end. Hold that field in mind, then put it inside a person — cracked lips, a rough throat — and you have the other half of the word.
可以想成一片曬了整整一個月、一滴雨都沒下的田：水分跑光了，泥土裂開一道一道，草全變成褐色。那就是「乾」走到盡頭的樣子…更多收起
可以想成一片曬了整整一個月、一滴雨都沒下的田：水分跑光了，泥土裂開一道一道，草全變成褐色。那就是「乾」走到盡頭的樣子。把這片田記住，再把它搬進一個人身上——嘴唇裂了、喉嚨粗粗的——就是這個字的另一半。From the picture
Also in this word
adjective · B2
Very dry, because the water in it has all gone — usually said about land, plants, or about lips and skin after a long time in hot sun.
乾裂的、曬得極乾的
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
parchedadj/pɑɹt͡ʃt/
- 1
Dry.
- In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit.
- Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant.
- 2
Very thirsty.
- I'm quite parched.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。