- 1灼熱的、炎熱的；熱到像要燙傷
Scorching means extremely hot — hot enough to burn, or almost. We use it first for weather: a scorching afternoon, scorching temperatures. The pavement can be scorching. A seatbelt buckle left in the sun can be scorching. It is stronger than “hot” and more physical than “warm.” Casual “boiling” (“it’s boiling today”) is a cousin, but scorching keeps the picture of dry heat and burning, not water. People also stretch it: scorching criticism really stings, and a scorching pace is so fast it hurts. Those are extra. The weather-and-heat use is the common one. You can say “scorching hot” for extra force, though that is a little .
組成From scorch + -ing, used as an adjective.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
scorchingadj
- 1
Very hot.
- It was a scorching summer, and the ice-cream sellers plied a roaring trade.
- 2
Bitterly sarcastic; scathing; withering.
- Very probably he resolved never to repeat the request which had drawn forth such a scorching rebuke; but there is no evidence of his determination to forsake his iniquitous practices generally.
- 3
Sexy, sexual, attractive.
- A ton of scorching content gets released all the time, and it turns out the newest sex movies of 2022 could basically double as (ethical!) porn; they’re that hot.
- 4
Of speed when driving, running, etc.: Very high.
- Dan Patch clocked a scorching 1:55.5 flat.
scorchingnoun
- 1
The act or result of something being scorched.
- There were several slight scratches and scorchings about the face, sides of the neck and shoulders[…]
- Green wood hardens after about four or five scorchings in the fire, but several scorchings are required to drive out the sap.
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