Old English sengan "to burn lightly, burn the edges" (of hair, wings, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *sangjanan (cognates: Old Frisian of-sendza, Middle Dutch singhen, Dutch zengen, Old High German sengan, German sengen "to singe"). The root is said to be related to that of sing (v.), on the idea of some sort of sound produced by singeing (Century Dictionary), but Klein's sources reject this. Related: Singed; singeing. Singed cat "person whose appearance does not do him justice, person who is better than he looks" is from 1827.
雙語例句
1. The electric fire had begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers.
電暖爐的火剛開始燒著他的褲腿。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Toast the dried chillies in a hot pan until they start to singe.
將干辣椒放在燒熱的平底鍋里煸至微焦。
來自柯林斯例句
3. If the iron is too hot you'll singe that nightdress.
如果熨斗過熱,你會把睡衣燙焦.
來自辭典例句
4. The iron's too hot, you'll singe the dress.
熨斗太熱了, 你會把衣服燙焦的.
來自辭典例句
5. Then it might singe the backsides of some of those snotty - nosed shufflers in Parliament.