parched是什么意思？

parched

英[pɑ:tʃt] 美[pɑrtʃt]

• adj. 炎热的；
• v. （使）焦干， （使）干透( parch的过去式和过去分词 )，使（某人）极口渴；

例句

• Hot winds parched the crops. 热风使庄稼干透了。
• From its mouth shall flow forth rivers which will water the parched gullets of men. 河流会从它的口中流出,会滋润人们发热的咽喉.
• His potted succulents were looking parched. 他盆栽的肉质植物看起来已经干枯了。
• The Rat's light footfall was presently heard approaching over the parched grass. 突然干枯的草地上传来了老鼠轻快的脚步声.
• The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus. 公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。
• Everywhere was parched and stifling as if the whole ancient city were one lighted brickkiln. 处处干燥,处处烫手,处处憋闷,整个的老城像烧透的砖窑,使人喘不出气.
• ...a hill of parched brown grass. 满山的褐色枯草
• The clouds gathered and showers poured down upon the parched earth. 乌云聚涌，倾盆大雨落在焦干的大地上。
• The road winds for miles through parched earth, scrub and cactus... 公路蜿蜒数英里，穿过炙烤的大地、灌木丛和仙人掌。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  （尤指地面或植物）焦干的，焦枯的
  If something, especially the ground or a plant, is parched, it is very dry, because there has been no rain.
  例句
  The clouds gathered and showers poured down upon the parched earth. 乌云聚涌，倾盆大雨落在焦干的大地上。 ...a hill of parched brown grass. 满山的褐色枯草
• ADJ-GRADED
  （嘴、喉咙或嘴唇）干燥的
  If your mouth, throat, or lips are parched, they are unpleasantly dry.
• ADJ-GRADED
  干渴的；焦渴的
  If you say that you are parched, you mean that you are very thirsty.

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight;
  "a vast desert all adust""land lying baked in the heat""parched soil""the earth was scorched and bare""sunbaked salt flats"
  2. toasted or roasted slightly;
  "parched corn was a staple of the Indian diet"