Scald

(noun.) the act of burning with steam or hot water.

(noun.) a burn cause by hot liquid or steam.

(verb.) burn with a hot liquid or steam; 'She scalded her hands when she turned on the faucet and hot water came out'.

(verb.) heat to the boiling point; 'scald the milk'.

(verb.) treat with boiling water; 'scald tomatoes so that they can be peeled'.

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• Would you wish me to shave my head and black my face, or disfigure myself with a burn, or a scald, or something of that sort? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• They hang and kick and stone and scald these wretched creatures to the very verge of death, and then leave them to live and suffer. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But, as princes seldom get their meat hot, my legs were not scalded, only my stockings and breeches in a sad condition. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Scalded or Pasteurized milk saves the lives of scores of babies, because the germs of summer complaint which lurk in poor milk are killed and rendered harmless in the process of scalding. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• After they are a week old feed anything they can eat, but never feed meal in a raw state, as it should be scalded first. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The black teapot, being very small and easily filled, ran over while Mrs. Corney was moralising; and the water slightly scalded Mrs. Corney's hand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• And why should I go on scalding my face like this? 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• These tinctured the silent bosom of the clouds above them and lit up their ephemeral caves, which seemed thenceforth to become scalding caldrons. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Hasty people drink the nectar of existence scalding hot; I taste it cool as dew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Scalded or Pasteurized milk saves the lives of scores of babies, because the germs of summer complaint which lurk in poor milk are killed and rendered harmless in the process of scalding. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• May your eyes never shed such stormy, scalding, heart-wrung tears as poured from mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Eustacia said, while scalding tears trickled from her eyes. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• When she took them away, her palms were wet with scalding tears. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But she has a tongue that scalds and that bites like a bull whip. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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