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单词 scald
释义

scald1 /sköld/

transitive verb
  1. To injure with hot liquid or steam
  2. To cook or heat short of boiling
  3. To treat with very hot water
  4. To burn, scorch (now dialect)
intransitive verb
  1. To be scalded
  2. To be hot enough to scald
noun

A burn caused by hot liquid

ORIGIN: OFr escalder (Fr échauder), from LL excaldāre to bathe in warm water, from ex from, and calidus warm, hot

scaldˈer noun

scaldˈing noun and adjective

scaldˈings interjection (old)

A cry of warning to get out of the way, as if of hot water

scald3 /sköld/ (obsolete)

adjective
  1. Scabby
  2. Scurfy
  3. Paltry
noun
  1. Scurf on the head
  2. A scurvy fellow
ORIGIN: For scalled

scaldˈberry noun

The blackberry (from a belief that it causes scaldhead)

scaldˈ-crow noun (Irish)

The hooded crow

scaldˈfish noun

The smooth sole, Argoglossus laterna

scaldˈhead noun

  1. A diseased scalp
  2. Scalp disease of various kinds

skald or scald /sköld/

noun
  1. A poet
  2. A Scandinavian bard
ORIGIN: ON skāld

skaldˈic or scaldˈic adjective

skaldˈship or scaldˈship noun

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