| 释义 |
char
I.
variant of chare
II. noun
or charr \ˈchär, -ȧ(r\
(plural char or chars or charr or charrs)
Etymology: origin unknown
: a trout of the genus Salvelinus
III. verb
(charred ; charred ; charring ; chars)
Etymology: back-formation from charcoal
transitive verb
1. : to convert to charcoal or carbon usually by exposing to heat
< heat chars wood and paper >
2. : to burn partly, usually on the outside, with a blackened carbonized effect
< the beams badly charred and unsafe >
intransitive verb
: to burn to charcoal : burn
< sugar chars at 400° C >
Synonyms: see burn
IV. noun
(-s)
: a charred substance or charred remains : charcoal; especially : animal or vegetable charcoal used in decolorizing the sugar in sugar manufacturing
V. \ˈchär, -ȧ(r\ intransitive verb
(chared or charred ; chared or charred ; charing or charring ; chars)
Etymology: partly from chare, char (to do or complete), partly back-formation from charwoman
: to work as a charwoman or at the tasks often assigned to a charwoman
VI. \ˈchär, -ȧ(r\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for charwoman
1. Britain : a woman who does domestic cleaning or the cleaning of public buildings or offices for a living, often by the day : charwoman
< the domestic staff … reduced to an occasional char — Agnes M. Miall >
2. : the work of routine housecleaning or the cleaning of public buildings or offices as a livelihood
< char employees — U.S. Post Office Manual >
VII. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Hindi cā, from Chinese (Pekingese) ch'a2
slang Britain : tea
VIII. abbreviation
1. character; characteristic
2. charity
3. charter |