singe /ˈsɪnʤ/
(vt.)(vi.)燒焦,烤焦
Singe v. t. [imp. & p. p. Singed p. pr. & vb. n. Singeing ]
1. To burn slightly or superficially; to burn the surface of; to burn the ends or outside of; as, to singe the hair or the skin.
You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, . . .
Singe my white head! --Shak.
I singed the toes of an ape through a burning glass. --L'Estrange.
2. (a) To remove the nap of (cloth), by passing it rapidly over a red-hot bar, or over a flame, preliminary to dyeing it. (b) To remove the hair or down from (a plucked chicken or the like) by passing it over a flame.
Singe, n. A burning of the surface; a slight burn.
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singe
n : a surface burn [syn: scorch]
v 1: burn superficially or lightly; "I singed my eyebrows" [syn:
swinge]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear]