English Dictionary

sear

IPA（発音記号）

/sɪɚ/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument. / To wither; to dry up. / (transitive, figuratively) To make callous or insensible.

日本語の意味

表面を高温の器具などで焼いて焦がす、あるいは火傷させる / （植物などが）乾燥し、しおれて枯れる / 比喩的に、感覚を麻痺させたり、鈍感にする

Before finishing the steak in the oven, sear both sides in a hot skillet to lock in the juices.

オーブンで仕上げる前に、強火のスキレットでステーキの両面に焼き目をつけて肉汁を閉じ込めてください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To char, scorch, or burn the surface of (something) with a hot instrument.

I will sear the skin from your flesh. You will die a thousand deaths!

意味（2）

To wither; to dry up.

The drought was so severe as to sear the grass and the leaves of maple trees which had grown well for two years, standing in sward land by the roadside, and yet the corn, within ten feet, on the subsoiled land, did not roll once in the whole season, even at mid-day, and there was scarcely another piece in the neighborhood which escaped serious injury.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To make callous or insensible.

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To mark permanently, as if by burning.

The events of that day were seared into her memory.

sears （ present singular third-person ）

searing （ participle present ）

seared （ participle past ）

seared （ past ）