Definition of sear in English:

sear

verb sɪəsɪr

[with object]

1Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.
烧，烫
the water got so hot that it seared our lips
水太热，烫了我们的嘴唇。
figurative a sharp pang of disappointment seared her
〈喻〉一阵剧烈的失望感折磨着她。
Example sentencesExamples
- He bent his head and seared her lips with a kiss that burned to her core.
- The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping.
- All I could do was watch my hand as it was seared by the heat.
- Heat from the engine seared my side and my back, and I squirmed, trying to avoid the burning.
- But the effect of her forgetfulness was that her successor, Stephen Lander, took the heat of some searing criticism for decisions for which he had no responsibility.
- Three years ago, Laurence Docherty's disappointment at being left out of the Sydney squad seared his mind.
- His right leg was seared raw and burned almost to the bone in places.
- As we spray and sprinkle, acrid smoke fills our eyes and heat sears our lungs.
- Even though the sun was near the horizon, it still sent out waves of intense heat that seared the ground until it was bone dry.
- The metal where Cath's hands grabbed suddenly flashed hot, searing her skin.
- He could see the furnaces where he had worked, the heat from the bright, white hot metal searing the faces of the workmen as they poured and ladled it into the casting moulds.
- Data has come from flight recorders submerged in saltwater and seared by 1,000-degree temperatures.
- I never once believed I was in the presence of real grief (the kind that sears the soul and burns the heart), just a Hollywood-generated masquerade.
- Worse, the horns radiated heat, searing his hands.
- Rodgers lay on his back, the hot concrete searing his sores but easing his muscles.
- Flames climbed one wall of the room and I choked and hacked as heat and smoke seared my lungs; blistering my skin.
- I grabbed a hold of it and started to slide but quickly felt the heat of the metal searing my hands from friction.
- How will those hardy minions survive the summer blasts of arctic air conditioning in between the bouts of broiling street heat beneath searing serge?
- As the heat of the coals seared Ian's shoulder, Nick's hands tightened around Ian's throat and he couldn't breathe.
- The ball was white-hot, it seared her flesh, burned all it touched.
Synonyms
scorch, burn, singe, scald, char
dry up/out, parch, desiccate, dehydrate, wither, shrivel
discolour, brown, blacken, carbonize
Medicine cauterize
rare exsiccate
distress, grieve, sadden, make miserable/wretched, upset, trouble, harrow, cause anguish to, afflict, perturb, disturb
hurt, wound, pain, cut to the quick
affect, move, sting, mortify, torment, torture, gnaw at, vex, gall
1. 1.1 Fix (an image or memory) permanently in someone's mind or memory.
  将（印象、记忆）铭刻在心（或记忆）中
  the unfortunate childhood encounter is seared on his memory
  儿时不幸的遭遇铭刻在他的记忆中。
  Example sentencesExamples
  My mind is seared by the memory of our arrival at the orphanage, a group of girls aged 7 to 10, smiling, laughing, waving to us from a balcony.
  There was no hope for Mr. Bingley to be hers, and that knowledge seared her heart.
  The Net doesn't affect us like a searing image on the television, galvanizing a nation.
  For better or worse, Vietnam remains seared in our national consciousness.
  It is a searing look at what an immensely complicated task it is to forgive the unforgiveable.
  It's most searing experience remains the Vietnam War.
  But underneath the searing humour runs a strain of deep discontent at the lives of the dispossessed in society.
  One searing lesson we Jews in Israel have learned from this war of terror is the fragility of life.
  This war has already given us searing television images.
  No lip sync for her, only vocals thatsearedstraight into the heart.
  The graphic details of it I just don't think are good for people to sear into their minds.
  Images, of course, seared into our memory.
  This march to the south seared his soul.
  The event was "seared" into his memory.
  To talking to Judith for four hours, a conversation fashioned into the searing performance text, voiced by Lata.
  Instead, it was seared into the minds of voters that the GOP was the Party of Sore Losers.
  The following morning, a searing migraine slices through my brain vacated by opiates.
  But the full story of Partition and its searing human impact had to wait for Sahni's celebrated novel Tamas.
  Every word of both letters was seared into his memory.
  These are horrifying times for immigrants, with photographic images seared in their minds of foreigners being burned alive by elated crowds.
2. 1.2 Fry (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking.
  轻煎，轻烤（食物）
  sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side
  Example sentencesExamples
  He offers this simple tenderloin - quickly sautéed to sear the outside but not melt the marbling inside - for a special holiday meal.
  Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside.
  To prepare her meat, she seared a 2-pound chuck roast and 4 country-style ribs in a large Dutch oven.
  They pluck out thick slices of tandoori chicken seared over flaming coals, dip them in mint chutney and stuff them into the mouth with passion.
  Lightly coat sweetbreads in flour and sear until golden brown and crisp.
  Heat a small amount of oil in a pan and sear scallops lightly on each side.
  Her main course of fresh striped bass had been seared so that the skin was slightly crispy, enclosing a melt-in-your-mouth fillet.
  I had seared tuna steak which was absolutely stunning.
  This cooking method allows small pieces of food to be seared and cooked very superficially, thus retaining their texture and flavour.
  Season ribs with salt and pepper and sear until golden brown on all sides.
  It is sensationally simple: ripe grapes are simply tossed into a pan into which you have seared Italian-style pork sausages.
  Lightly press both sides of the tuna into the sea salt and coarsely cracked black pepper, and sear the tuna on one side until browned.
  The meat was seared crisp around the edges, with just a hint of rosiness at its center.
  Season the frogs' legs, dip in the eggs, coat with the bread crumbs, and sear on both sides until golden brown about three minutes.
  In a heavy frying pan, briskly sear the steaks on one side until well browned, turn once and cook briefly for a medium-rare result.
  This allows food to sear and cook quickly, which augments flavors.
  To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours.
  The unique characteristic of this charcoal is that it can heat up to a very high temperature, which helps sear the meat and lock in its juice.
  New cooks will learn blanching and searing and how to sauté.
  Dave had dished-up seared sirloin steak, topped with a sauce of sautéed onion, mushrooms and red wine, as an accompaniment to the Merlot.
  Synonyms
  flash-fry, seal, brown, fry/grill quickly, toast
2no object, with adverbial of direction (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation.
（疼痛）突发；突然刺痛
a crushing pain seared through his chest
他的胸部突然感到一阵难以忍受的剧痛。
Example sentencesExamples
- Blaise slowly got to his feet, pain searing through his head.
- Her abdomen was a sea of agony, flames of red-hot pain searing out from the convulsed muscles.
- A sharp pain seared through my chest that might or might not have been related to being fresh out of a fight.
- Pain was still searing throughout his left shoulder.
- Suddenly a fiery pain seared through Cliff's right side.
- The slightest movement sent pain searing through her body.
- I flinch as a sudden burst of pain sears through me.
- The sudden attack shocked him, and he felt pain sear up his leg as he stepped away.
- She groaned, arching back suddenly as pain seared through her side.
- Pain sears from my stomach as he embraces me but nevertheless it feels really good to be in Brian's arm.
- As pain sears through my leg, I release the rope and slump to the river bed, closing my eyes in pain.
- Sanjeet screamed in agony, pain searing throughout his entire body.
- I nodded slightly, starting to sit up, ignoring the twinges of pain searing across my whole upper body.
- Suddenly a jolt of pain seared through my body, like flames being ignited.
- Suddenly pain seared through his right cheek, bringing back his senses in a wave of madness.
- Chiren yelled, pain searing all the way up to his neck.
- Suddenly a burning pain seared through the centre of her forehead, just above her dark eyebrows.
- My chest sears with pain at your words, sending a cold shiver down my spine.
- But, before she could even help with the fight, she felt a sharp pain searing through her left arm.
- Pain seared throughout her entire body, he had cut her chest with his now long claws.
3archaic Cause to wither.
〈古〉使凋谢
when summer sears the plains
Example sentencesExamples
- Scattered along fertile valleys, between sands and snows, most Afghan people farm land which is seared by 40 Centigrade summers, and is snowbound by the long, cold winters.
1. 3.1 Make (someone's conscience or feelings) insensitive.
  〈古〉使失去（良知，同情心）；使变冷酷
  a long career of ambition, craft, and despotic rule never utterly seared his conscience
  Example sentencesExamples
  Have we as a people had our conscience so seared that atrocities such as this cause not an eyebrow to even raise?
  A person with a seared conscience no longer has feelings toward God or His eternal laws.

adjectivesɪəsɪr

variant spelling of sere
Example sentencesExamples
- The high pastureland was lush with grass, sere now after the summer's heat.
- He was lying on a small camp-bedstead in a corner between the fireplace and the wall, and in a glass on a mantelpiece was an arum lily, sere and yellow, which drooped lamentably down over his head.
- Approaching the small township of Pripyat, downwind from the disaster, we passed through a belt of pinewoods, sere and withered, the needles distorted as if scorched by unseen flame.
- The flowers will die, sere stalks suggesting bones or ashes.
- Inspired by this statement, Porter tried to make art out of decay, to make, he explained, ‘the sere, brown leaves of winter’ seem ‘as beautiful as the fresh green of spring.’
- Hyacinth and Narcissus stand by, wan and sere.
- But a certain bitter aura also hung about the flower; the last in bloom among sere grasses, fallen leaves, and rimy dawns.
- I saw long summer grasses, faded and sere, and trees shaped by the wind.

Origin

Old English sēar (adjective), sēarian (verb), of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre

Definition of sear in US English:

sear

verbsirsɪr

[with object]

1Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat.
烧，烫
the water got so hot that it seared our lips
水太热，烫了我们的嘴唇。
figurative a sharp pang of disappointment seared her
〈喻〉一阵剧烈的失望感折磨着她。
Example sentencesExamples
- Three years ago, Laurence Docherty's disappointment at being left out of the Sydney squad seared his mind.
- Even though the sun was near the horizon, it still sent out waves of intense heat that seared the ground until it was bone dry.
- But the effect of her forgetfulness was that her successor, Stephen Lander, took the heat of some searing criticism for decisions for which he had no responsibility.
- Heat from the engine seared my side and my back, and I squirmed, trying to avoid the burning.
- He could see the furnaces where he had worked, the heat from the bright, white hot metal searing the faces of the workmen as they poured and ladled it into the casting moulds.
- Flames climbed one wall of the room and I choked and hacked as heat and smoke seared my lungs; blistering my skin.
- Rodgers lay on his back, the hot concrete searing his sores but easing his muscles.
- How will those hardy minions survive the summer blasts of arctic air conditioning in between the bouts of broiling street heat beneath searing serge?
- Worse, the horns radiated heat, searing his hands.
- As the heat of the coals seared Ian's shoulder, Nick's hands tightened around Ian's throat and he couldn't breathe.
- The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping.
- His right leg was seared raw and burned almost to the bone in places.
- The ball was white-hot, it seared her flesh, burned all it touched.
- As we spray and sprinkle, acrid smoke fills our eyes and heat sears our lungs.
- I grabbed a hold of it and started to slide but quickly felt the heat of the metal searing my hands from friction.
- Data has come from flight recorders submerged in saltwater and seared by 1,000-degree temperatures.
- I never once believed I was in the presence of real grief (the kind that sears the soul and burns the heart), just a Hollywood-generated masquerade.
- All I could do was watch my hand as it was seared by the heat.
- He bent his head and seared her lips with a kiss that burned to her core.
- The metal where Cath's hands grabbed suddenly flashed hot, searing her skin.
Synonyms
scorch, burn, singe, scald, char
distress, grieve, sadden, make miserable, make wretched, upset, trouble, harrow, cause anguish to, afflict, perturb, disturb
1. 1.1no object (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation.
  （疼痛）突发；突然刺痛
  a crushing pain seared through his chest
  他的胸部突然感到一阵难以忍受的剧痛。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Suddenly pain seared through his right cheek, bringing back his senses in a wave of madness.
  Suddenly a fiery pain seared through Cliff's right side.
  My chest sears with pain at your words, sending a cold shiver down my spine.
  But, before she could even help with the fight, she felt a sharp pain searing through her left arm.
  As pain sears through my leg, I release the rope and slump to the river bed, closing my eyes in pain.
  A sharp pain seared through my chest that might or might not have been related to being fresh out of a fight.
  She groaned, arching back suddenly as pain seared through her side.
  Chiren yelled, pain searing all the way up to his neck.
  Blaise slowly got to his feet, pain searing through his head.
  The slightest movement sent pain searing through her body.
  Pain seared throughout her entire body, he had cut her chest with his now long claws.
  I nodded slightly, starting to sit up, ignoring the twinges of pain searing across my whole upper body.
  I flinch as a sudden burst of pain sears through me.
  Suddenly a jolt of pain seared through my body, like flames being ignited.
  Suddenly a burning pain seared through the centre of her forehead, just above her dark eyebrows.
  The sudden attack shocked him, and he felt pain sear up his leg as he stepped away.
  Pain sears from my stomach as he embraces me but nevertheless it feels really good to be in Brian's arm.
  Pain was still searing throughout his left shoulder.
  Sanjeet screamed in agony, pain searing throughout his entire body.
  Her abdomen was a sea of agony, flames of red-hot pain searing out from the convulsed muscles.
2. 1.2 Brown (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking.
  轻煎，轻烤（食物）
  sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side
  Example sentencesExamples
  Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside.
  To prepare her meat, she seared a 2-pound chuck roast and 4 country-style ribs in a large Dutch oven.
  I had seared tuna steak which was absolutely stunning.
  They pluck out thick slices of tandoori chicken seared over flaming coals, dip them in mint chutney and stuff them into the mouth with passion.
  Season ribs with salt and pepper and sear until golden brown on all sides.
  Dave had dished-up seared sirloin steak, topped with a sauce of sautéed onion, mushrooms and red wine, as an accompaniment to the Merlot.
  The meat was seared crisp around the edges, with just a hint of rosiness at its center.
  This allows food to sear and cook quickly, which augments flavors.
  Season the frogs' legs, dip in the eggs, coat with the bread crumbs, and sear on both sides until golden brown about three minutes.
  Lightly coat sweetbreads in flour and sear until golden brown and crisp.
  Her main course of fresh striped bass had been seared so that the skin was slightly crispy, enclosing a melt-in-your-mouth fillet.
  It is sensationally simple: ripe grapes are simply tossed into a pan into which you have seared Italian-style pork sausages.
  Lightly press both sides of the tuna into the sea salt and coarsely cracked black pepper, and sear the tuna on one side until browned.
  He offers this simple tenderloin - quickly sautéed to sear the outside but not melt the marbling inside - for a special holiday meal.
  New cooks will learn blanching and searing and how to sauté.
  To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours.
  The unique characteristic of this charcoal is that it can heat up to a very high temperature, which helps sear the meat and lock in its juice.
  This cooking method allows small pieces of food to be seared and cooked very superficially, thus retaining their texture and flavour.
  In a heavy frying pan, briskly sear the steaks on one side until well browned, turn once and cook briefly for a medium-rare result.
  Heat a small amount of oil in a pan and sear scallops lightly on each side.
  Synonyms
  flash-fry, seal, brown, fry quickly, grill quickly, toast
3. 1.3archaic Cause to wither.
  〈古〉使凋谢
  Example sentencesExamples
  Scattered along fertile valleys, between sands and snows, most Afghan people farm land which is seared by 40 Centigrade summers, and is snowbound by the long, cold winters.
4. 1.4archaic Make (someone's conscience, heart, or feelings) insensitive.
  〈古〉使失去（良知，同情心）；使变冷酷
  Example sentencesExamples
  A person with a seared conscience no longer has feelings toward God or His eternal laws.
  Have we as a people had our conscience so seared that atrocities such as this cause not an eyebrow to even raise?

adjectivesirsɪr

variant spelling of sere
Example sentencesExamples
- Hyacinth and Narcissus stand by, wan and sere.
- I saw long summer grasses, faded and sere, and trees shaped by the wind.
- The high pastureland was lush with grass, sere now after the summer's heat.
- He was lying on a small camp-bedstead in a corner between the fireplace and the wall, and in a glass on a mantelpiece was an arum lily, sere and yellow, which drooped lamentably down over his head.
- But a certain bitter aura also hung about the flower; the last in bloom among sere grasses, fallen leaves, and rimy dawns.
- Approaching the small township of Pripyat, downwind from the disaster, we passed through a belt of pinewoods, sere and withered, the needles distorted as if scorched by unseen flame.
- Inspired by this statement, Porter tried to make art out of decay, to make, he explained, ‘the sere, brown leaves of winter’ seem ‘as beautiful as the fresh green of spring.’
- The flowers will die, sere stalks suggesting bones or ashes.

Origin

Old English sēar (adjective), sēarian (verb), of Germanic origin.

单词	sear
释义	Definition of sear in English: sear verb sɪəsɪr [with object] 1Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat. 烧，烫 the water got so hot that it seared our lips 水太热，烫了我们的嘴唇。 figurative a sharp pang of disappointment seared her 〈喻〉一阵剧烈的失望感折磨着她。 Example sentencesExamples He bent his head and seared her lips with a kiss that burned to her core. The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping. All I could do was watch my hand as it was seared by the heat. Heat from the engine seared my side and my back, and I squirmed, trying to avoid the burning. But the effect of her forgetfulness was that her successor, Stephen Lander, took the heat of some searing criticism for decisions for which he had no responsibility. Three years ago, Laurence Docherty's disappointment at being left out of the Sydney squad seared his mind. His right leg was seared raw and burned almost to the bone in places. As we spray and sprinkle, acrid smoke fills our eyes and heat sears our lungs. Even though the sun was near the horizon, it still sent out waves of intense heat that seared the ground until it was bone dry. The metal where Cath's hands grabbed suddenly flashed hot, searing her skin. He could see the furnaces where he had worked, the heat from the bright, white hot metal searing the faces of the workmen as they poured and ladled it into the casting moulds. Data has come from flight recorders submerged in saltwater and seared by 1,000-degree temperatures. I never once believed I was in the presence of real grief (the kind that sears the soul and burns the heart), just a Hollywood-generated masquerade. Worse, the horns radiated heat, searing his hands. Rodgers lay on his back, the hot concrete searing his sores but easing his muscles. Flames climbed one wall of the room and I choked and hacked as heat and smoke seared my lungs; blistering my skin. I grabbed a hold of it and started to slide but quickly felt the heat of the metal searing my hands from friction. How will those hardy minions survive the summer blasts of arctic air conditioning in between the bouts of broiling street heat beneath searing serge? As the heat of the coals seared Ian's shoulder, Nick's hands tightened around Ian's throat and he couldn't breathe. The ball was white-hot, it seared her flesh, burned all it touched. Synonyms scorch, burn, singe, scald, char dry up/out, parch, desiccate, dehydrate, wither, shrivel discolour, brown, blacken, carbonize Medicine cauterize rare exsiccate distress, grieve, sadden, make miserable/wretched, upset, trouble, harrow, cause anguish to, afflict, perturb, disturb hurt, wound, pain, cut to the quick affect, move, sting, mortify, torment, torture, gnaw at, vex, gall 1.1 Fix (an image or memory) permanently in someone's mind or memory. 将（印象、记忆）铭刻在心（或记忆）中 the unfortunate childhood encounter is seared on his memory 儿时不幸的遭遇铭刻在他的记忆中。 Example sentencesExamples My mind is seared by the memory of our arrival at the orphanage, a group of girls aged 7 to 10, smiling, laughing, waving to us from a balcony. There was no hope for Mr. Bingley to be hers, and that knowledge seared her heart. The Net doesn't affect us like a searing image on the television, galvanizing a nation. For better or worse, Vietnam remains seared in our national consciousness. It is a searing look at what an immensely complicated task it is to forgive the unforgiveable. It's most searing experience remains the Vietnam War. But underneath the searing humour runs a strain of deep discontent at the lives of the dispossessed in society. One searing lesson we Jews in Israel have learned from this war of terror is the fragility of life. This war has already given us searing television images. No lip sync for her, only vocals thatsearedstraight into the heart. The graphic details of it I just don't think are good for people to sear into their minds. Images, of course, seared into our memory. This march to the south seared his soul. The event was "seared" into his memory. To talking to Judith for four hours, a conversation fashioned into the searing performance text, voiced by Lata. Instead, it was seared into the minds of voters that the GOP was the Party of Sore Losers. The following morning, a searing migraine slices through my brain vacated by opiates. But the full story of Partition and its searing human impact had to wait for Sahni's celebrated novel Tamas. Every word of both letters was seared into his memory. These are horrifying times for immigrants, with photographic images seared in their minds of foreigners being burned alive by elated crowds. 1.2 Fry (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking. 轻煎，轻烤（食物） sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side Example sentencesExamples He offers this simple tenderloin - quickly sautéed to sear the outside but not melt the marbling inside - for a special holiday meal. Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside. To prepare her meat, she seared a 2-pound chuck roast and 4 country-style ribs in a large Dutch oven. They pluck out thick slices of tandoori chicken seared over flaming coals, dip them in mint chutney and stuff them into the mouth with passion. Lightly coat sweetbreads in flour and sear until golden brown and crisp. Heat a small amount of oil in a pan and sear scallops lightly on each side. Her main course of fresh striped bass had been seared so that the skin was slightly crispy, enclosing a melt-in-your-mouth fillet. I had seared tuna steak which was absolutely stunning. This cooking method allows small pieces of food to be seared and cooked very superficially, thus retaining their texture and flavour. Season ribs with salt and pepper and sear until golden brown on all sides. It is sensationally simple: ripe grapes are simply tossed into a pan into which you have seared Italian-style pork sausages. Lightly press both sides of the tuna into the sea salt and coarsely cracked black pepper, and sear the tuna on one side until browned. The meat was seared crisp around the edges, with just a hint of rosiness at its center. Season the frogs' legs, dip in the eggs, coat with the bread crumbs, and sear on both sides until golden brown about three minutes. In a heavy frying pan, briskly sear the steaks on one side until well browned, turn once and cook briefly for a medium-rare result. This allows food to sear and cook quickly, which augments flavors. To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours. The unique characteristic of this charcoal is that it can heat up to a very high temperature, which helps sear the meat and lock in its juice. New cooks will learn blanching and searing and how to sauté. Dave had dished-up seared sirloin steak, topped with a sauce of sautéed onion, mushrooms and red wine, as an accompaniment to the Merlot. Synonyms flash-fry, seal, brown, fry/grill quickly, toast 2no object, with adverbial of direction (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation. （疼痛）突发；突然刺痛 a crushing pain seared through his chest 他的胸部突然感到一阵难以忍受的剧痛。 Example sentencesExamples Blaise slowly got to his feet, pain searing through his head. Her abdomen was a sea of agony, flames of red-hot pain searing out from the convulsed muscles. A sharp pain seared through my chest that might or might not have been related to being fresh out of a fight. Pain was still searing throughout his left shoulder. Suddenly a fiery pain seared through Cliff's right side. The slightest movement sent pain searing through her body. I flinch as a sudden burst of pain sears through me. The sudden attack shocked him, and he felt pain sear up his leg as he stepped away. She groaned, arching back suddenly as pain seared through her side. Pain sears from my stomach as he embraces me but nevertheless it feels really good to be in Brian's arm. As pain sears through my leg, I release the rope and slump to the river bed, closing my eyes in pain. Sanjeet screamed in agony, pain searing throughout his entire body. I nodded slightly, starting to sit up, ignoring the twinges of pain searing across my whole upper body. Suddenly a jolt of pain seared through my body, like flames being ignited. Suddenly pain seared through his right cheek, bringing back his senses in a wave of madness. Chiren yelled, pain searing all the way up to his neck. Suddenly a burning pain seared through the centre of her forehead, just above her dark eyebrows. My chest sears with pain at your words, sending a cold shiver down my spine. But, before she could even help with the fight, she felt a sharp pain searing through her left arm. Pain seared throughout her entire body, he had cut her chest with his now long claws. 3archaic Cause to wither. 〈古〉使凋谢 when summer sears the plains Example sentencesExamples Scattered along fertile valleys, between sands and snows, most Afghan people farm land which is seared by 40 Centigrade summers, and is snowbound by the long, cold winters. 3.1 Make (someone's conscience or feelings) insensitive. 〈古〉使失去（良知，同情心）；使变冷酷 a long career of ambition, craft, and despotic rule never utterly seared his conscience Example sentencesExamples Have we as a people had our conscience so seared that atrocities such as this cause not an eyebrow to even raise? A person with a seared conscience no longer has feelings toward God or His eternal laws. adjectivesɪəsɪr variant spelling of sere Example sentencesExamples The high pastureland was lush with grass, sere now after the summer's heat. He was lying on a small camp-bedstead in a corner between the fireplace and the wall, and in a glass on a mantelpiece was an arum lily, sere and yellow, which drooped lamentably down over his head. Approaching the small township of Pripyat, downwind from the disaster, we passed through a belt of pinewoods, sere and withered, the needles distorted as if scorched by unseen flame. The flowers will die, sere stalks suggesting bones or ashes. Inspired by this statement, Porter tried to make art out of decay, to make, he explained, ‘the sere, brown leaves of winter’ seem ‘as beautiful as the fresh green of spring.’ Hyacinth and Narcissus stand by, wan and sere. But a certain bitter aura also hung about the flower; the last in bloom among sere grasses, fallen leaves, and rimy dawns. I saw long summer grasses, faded and sere, and trees shaped by the wind. Origin Old English sēar (adjective), sēarian (verb), of Germanic origin. Rhymes adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre Definition of sear in US English: sear verbsirsɪr [with object] 1Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat. 烧，烫 the water got so hot that it seared our lips 水太热，烫了我们的嘴唇。 figurative a sharp pang of disappointment seared her 〈喻〉一阵剧烈的失望感折磨着她。 Example sentencesExamples Three years ago, Laurence Docherty's disappointment at being left out of the Sydney squad seared his mind. Even though the sun was near the horizon, it still sent out waves of intense heat that seared the ground until it was bone dry. But the effect of her forgetfulness was that her successor, Stephen Lander, took the heat of some searing criticism for decisions for which he had no responsibility. Heat from the engine seared my side and my back, and I squirmed, trying to avoid the burning. He could see the furnaces where he had worked, the heat from the bright, white hot metal searing the faces of the workmen as they poured and ladled it into the casting moulds. Flames climbed one wall of the room and I choked and hacked as heat and smoke seared my lungs; blistering my skin. Rodgers lay on his back, the hot concrete searing his sores but easing his muscles. How will those hardy minions survive the summer blasts of arctic air conditioning in between the bouts of broiling street heat beneath searing serge? Worse, the horns radiated heat, searing his hands. As the heat of the coals seared Ian's shoulder, Nick's hands tightened around Ian's throat and he couldn't breathe. The other kind of trailer is the one that knocks your socks off, stands your hair on end, sears the retina and leaves you gasping. His right leg was seared raw and burned almost to the bone in places. The ball was white-hot, it seared her flesh, burned all it touched. As we spray and sprinkle, acrid smoke fills our eyes and heat sears our lungs. I grabbed a hold of it and started to slide but quickly felt the heat of the metal searing my hands from friction. Data has come from flight recorders submerged in saltwater and seared by 1,000-degree temperatures. I never once believed I was in the presence of real grief (the kind that sears the soul and burns the heart), just a Hollywood-generated masquerade. All I could do was watch my hand as it was seared by the heat. He bent his head and seared her lips with a kiss that burned to her core. The metal where Cath's hands grabbed suddenly flashed hot, searing her skin. Synonyms scorch, burn, singe, scald, char distress, grieve, sadden, make miserable, make wretched, upset, trouble, harrow, cause anguish to, afflict, perturb, disturb 1.1no object (of pain) be experienced as a sudden, burning sensation. （疼痛）突发；突然刺痛 a crushing pain seared through his chest 他的胸部突然感到一阵难以忍受的剧痛。 Example sentencesExamples Suddenly pain seared through his right cheek, bringing back his senses in a wave of madness. Suddenly a fiery pain seared through Cliff's right side. My chest sears with pain at your words, sending a cold shiver down my spine. But, before she could even help with the fight, she felt a sharp pain searing through her left arm. As pain sears through my leg, I release the rope and slump to the river bed, closing my eyes in pain. A sharp pain seared through my chest that might or might not have been related to being fresh out of a fight. She groaned, arching back suddenly as pain seared through her side. Chiren yelled, pain searing all the way up to his neck. Blaise slowly got to his feet, pain searing through his head. The slightest movement sent pain searing through her body. Pain seared throughout her entire body, he had cut her chest with his now long claws. I nodded slightly, starting to sit up, ignoring the twinges of pain searing across my whole upper body. I flinch as a sudden burst of pain sears through me. Suddenly a jolt of pain seared through my body, like flames being ignited. Suddenly a burning pain seared through the centre of her forehead, just above her dark eyebrows. The sudden attack shocked him, and he felt pain sear up his leg as he stepped away. Pain sears from my stomach as he embraces me but nevertheless it feels really good to be in Brian's arm. Pain was still searing throughout his left shoulder. Sanjeet screamed in agony, pain searing throughout his entire body. Her abdomen was a sea of agony, flames of red-hot pain searing out from the convulsed muscles. 1.2 Brown (food) quickly at a high temperature so that it will retain its juices in subsequent cooking. 轻煎，轻烤（食物） sear the chicken livers in a pan for a few minutes on each side Example sentencesExamples Season chickens and sear until brown on all sides, remove from pot and set aside. To prepare her meat, she seared a 2-pound chuck roast and 4 country-style ribs in a large Dutch oven. I had seared tuna steak which was absolutely stunning. They pluck out thick slices of tandoori chicken seared over flaming coals, dip them in mint chutney and stuff them into the mouth with passion. Season ribs with salt and pepper and sear until golden brown on all sides. Dave had dished-up seared sirloin steak, topped with a sauce of sautéed onion, mushrooms and red wine, as an accompaniment to the Merlot. The meat was seared crisp around the edges, with just a hint of rosiness at its center. This allows food to sear and cook quickly, which augments flavors. Season the frogs' legs, dip in the eggs, coat with the bread crumbs, and sear on both sides until golden brown about three minutes. Lightly coat sweetbreads in flour and sear until golden brown and crisp. Her main course of fresh striped bass had been seared so that the skin was slightly crispy, enclosing a melt-in-your-mouth fillet. It is sensationally simple: ripe grapes are simply tossed into a pan into which you have seared Italian-style pork sausages. Lightly press both sides of the tuna into the sea salt and coarsely cracked black pepper, and sear the tuna on one side until browned. He offers this simple tenderloin - quickly sautéed to sear the outside but not melt the marbling inside - for a special holiday meal. New cooks will learn blanching and searing and how to sauté. To ensure its tenderness, the loin was first seared then cooked at a very low temperature for a couple of hours. The unique characteristic of this charcoal is that it can heat up to a very high temperature, which helps sear the meat and lock in its juice. This cooking method allows small pieces of food to be seared and cooked very superficially, thus retaining their texture and flavour. In a heavy frying pan, briskly sear the steaks on one side until well browned, turn once and cook briefly for a medium-rare result. Heat a small amount of oil in a pan and sear scallops lightly on each side. Synonyms flash-fry, seal, brown, fry quickly, grill quickly, toast 1.3archaic Cause to wither. 〈古〉使凋谢 Example sentencesExamples Scattered along fertile valleys, between sands and snows, most Afghan people farm land which is seared by 40 Centigrade summers, and is snowbound by the long, cold winters. 1.4archaic Make (someone's conscience, heart, or feelings) insensitive. 〈古〉使失去（良知，同情心）；使变冷酷 Example sentencesExamples A person with a seared conscience no longer has feelings toward God or His eternal laws. Have we as a people had our conscience so seared that atrocities such as this cause not an eyebrow to even raise? adjectivesirsɪr variant spelling of sere Example sentencesExamples Hyacinth and Narcissus stand by, wan and sere. I saw long summer grasses, faded and sere, and trees shaped by the wind. The high pastureland was lush with grass, sere now after the summer's heat. He was lying on a small camp-bedstead in a corner between the fireplace and the wall, and in a glass on a mantelpiece was an arum lily, sere and yellow, which drooped lamentably down over his head. But a certain bitter aura also hung about the flower; the last in bloom among sere grasses, fallen leaves, and rimy dawns. Approaching the small township of Pripyat, downwind from the disaster, we passed through a belt of pinewoods, sere and withered, the needles distorted as if scorched by unseen flame. Inspired by this statement, Porter tried to make art out of decay, to make, he explained, ‘the sere, brown leaves of winter’ seem ‘as beautiful as the fresh green of spring.’ The flowers will die, sere stalks suggesting bones or ashes. Origin Old English sēar (adjective), sēarian (verb), of Germanic origin.
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