单词 | parched |
释义 | parchedWord family adjectiveparchedadverbparchedlyverbparchnounparchedness Natureparched /pɑːtʃt $ pɑːrtʃt/ adjectiveadj 1 DNDRYvery dry, especially because of hot weather 焦干的,干枯的〔尤因天气炎热〕 the parched African landscape 焦干的非洲地貌 5his parched lips 他干裂的嘴唇 n He raised the water bottle to his parched lips. 2. be parched informalDFDTHIRSTY to be very thirsty 〔嗓子〕渴得冒烟 Examples from the Corpus be parched• Between the mounds the soil was parched.• Her feet ached, her mouth was parched.• I am growing weak, oh so weak; my tongue is dry, my lips are parched.• My limbs fail, my mouth is parched, my hair is standing on end.• His mouth was parched with expectation and from the whisky of the night before. Examples from the Corpus parched• Give me a sip of that, I'm parched.• A few stunted thistles thrust up, parched and distorted in the crevices of the stones.• They were dirty and parched, but in remarkably good condition after the rescue.• Puddles were forming on the parched earth.• She stumbled on to the parched grass, taking in her surroundings.• Don't apply to a parched lawn, and follow the manufacturer's instructions.• Phil raised a glass of water to his parched lips.• She put her water bottle to his parched lips.• Having a parched nose and throat may lower resistance to colds, croup, sinusitis and respiratory problems.• Strong winds and high temperatures fueled dozens of fires in parched Oregon.• The earth was so parched that there were huge cracks in it.• The parched yellow landscape of Death Valley stretched out for miles in front of us.• The grass they always lay on parched yellow. |
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