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sear /ˈsɪr/
(a.)枯萎的,烤焦的(vt.)烤焦,使枯萎(vi.)凋謝,乾枯
Sear, Sere a. Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves.
I have lived long enough; my way of life
Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf. --Shak.
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Sear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Seared p. pr. & vb. n. Searing.]
1. To wither; to dry up.
2. To burn (the surface of) to dryness and hardness; to cauterize; to expose to a degree of heat such as changes the color or the hardness and texture of the surface; to scorch; to make callous; as, to sear the skin or flesh. Also used figuratively.
I'm seared with burning steel. --Rowe.
It was in vain that the amiable divine tried to give salutary pain to that seared conscience. --Macaulay.
The discipline of war, being a discipline in destruction of life, is a discipline in callousness. Whatever sympathies exist are seared. --H. Spencer.
Note: ☞ Sear is allied to scorch in signification; but it is applied primarily to animal flesh, and has special reference to the effect of heat in marking the surface hard. Scorch is applied to flesh, cloth, or any other substance, and has no reference to the effect of hardness.
To sear up, to close by searing. “Cherish veins of good humor, and sear up those of ill.” --Sir W. Temple.
Sear, n. The catch in a gunlock by which the hammer is held cocked or half cocked.
Sear spring, the spring which causes the sear to catch in the notches by which the hammer is held.
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sear
adj : (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture;
"dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere
vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered
seedlings"; "withered vines" [syn: dried-up, sere,
shriveled, shrivelled, withered]
v 1: make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[syn: scorch]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, singe]
3: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
parched the earth" [syn: parch]