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单词 scalding
释义 scald·ing
I. \ˈskȯldiŋ, -dēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of scalden to scald
1. : the act or process of burning or treating with steam or hot liquid (as for cooking, cleansing, bathing, or rinsing)
2. scaldings plural, archaic : boiling-hot liquid
3. : scald II 5
4. : a dark discoloration of tobacco leaves resulting from a too rapid increase in temperature during the early stages of curing
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of scald (I)
1. : causing the sensation of scalding or burning
 < coffee felt scalding all the way down — Wirt Williams >
 < the scalding pie in my mouth — J.W.Ellison b.1929 >
2. : boiling
 < sprayed with scalding water to extract the tanning properties — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
3. : scorching, ardent
 < succumb to a dusky oasis from the scalding sun — Claudia Cassidy >
4. : biting, stinging, scathing
 < series of scalding articles — Christopher Isherwood >
 < a very scalding letter — Virginia D. Dawson & Betty D. Wilson >
 < a scalding comment on human avarice — Time >
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