Parch

(verb.) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; 'The sun parched the earth'.

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• Thirst also, violent and parching, the result of the sea-water I had drank, and of the exhaustion of my frame, tormented me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was a sense of blight in the air; the flowers were drooping in the garden, and the ground was parched and dewless. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I did not accompany them; I was exhausted: a film covered my eyes, and my skin was parched with the heat of fever. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• My lips were parched, my cheeks burned, and I was very sick. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Two tears, the parched tears of the old, rolled down her puffy cheeks and vanished in the abysses of her bosom. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She saw death stealing across his features; she laid him on a bed, she held drink to his parched lips. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Dew on the parched earth! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Your lips are parched. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I am afraid of this heat that parches my skin. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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