(singeing)with obj.
1- burn (something) superficially or lightly把…浅表（或轻微）烧焦：
the fire had singed his eyebrows
火把他的眉毛烧焦了
as adj. singed a smell of singed feathers.羽毛烧焦的气味。
1.1
- no obj. be burnt in this way浅表（或轻微）烧焦：
the heat was so intense I could feel the hairs on my hands singe.
热得使我觉得手上的汗毛都要烧焦了。
1.2
- burn the bristles or down off (the carcass of a pig or fowl) to prepare it for cooking燎去（屠宰后的猪或家禽）的毛。
- a superficial burn浅表的烧焦。
词源
Old English sencgan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zengen.