sear

Word family

Related topics: Cooking

sear /sɪə $ sɪr/ verb → seer

1 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]BURN to burn something with a sudden powerful heat 烙，烧灼

The heat seared their skin.

高温灼伤了他们的皮肤。

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT] to have a very strong sudden and unpleasant effect on you 给…留下极不愉快的感觉，铭刻

Pain was searing through her.

疼痛传遍她全身。

The image was seared into his brain.

这个影像烙进了他的脑海里。

3 [transitiveT]DFC to cook the outside of a piece of meat quickly at a high temperature, in order to keep its juices in 把〔肉〕用高温快煎〔以锁住肉汁〕

seared tuna steaks

煎金枪鱼排

Examples from the Corpus

sear• It was sensuality sharp and searing as fire, burning the soul to tinder.• Her glance seared his hard, angular face.• Another bolt of lightning struck behind him, and Eugene felt the air seared into ozone on either side of him.• The soft yellow light which looks so gentle to you but which sears my guts.• He struggled to his feet, but was no sooner standing than a searing pain tore through his ankle.• The pain was searing, so that I fell backwards, and though I struggled, I could not stand up again.• The hot fat sears the bottom and gives a nice flavor to the bread; the cool pan gives a softer bottom.• Brush fires seared the hillsides.• If you sear the outside of the meat, you get rid of any other bacteria.

Origin sear

Old English searian, from sear; SERE

sear verb

Chinese

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