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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 scorch·er /ˈskɔrʧɚ/
 燒焦者;非常炙熱之物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Scorch, v. i.
 1. To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
    Scatter a little mungy straw or fern amongst your seedlings, to prevent the roots from scorching.   --Mortimer.
 2. To burn or be burnt.
    He laid his long forefinger on the scarlet letter, which forthwith seemed to scorch into Hester's breast, as if it had been red hot.   --Hawthorne.
 3. To ride or drive at great, usually at excessive, speed; -- applied chiefly to automobilists and bicyclists. [Colloq.] -- Scorch*er, n. [Colloq.]
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 scorcher
      n 1: an extremely hot day
      2: a very hard hit ball [syn: screamer]