HBPDNif the sun or windparches something, it makes it very dry 晒[吹]干;使极干燥
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parch• Between the mounds the soil was parched.• Her feet ached, her mouth was parched.• Suddenly the SouthLawn no longer looked stately and green, just hot and parched.• Do the rays of the west sun parch a certainspot?• Lack of rain has left acres and acres of parched fields.• It seemed to parch his mouth as he gulped it down.• My limbsfail, my mouth is parched, my hair is standing on end.• His mouth was parched with expectation and from the whisky of the night before.