"scalding" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 灼熱的
• 滾燙的

Definition

非常熱，特別是指可以燙傷皮膚的液體或蒸氣。'Scalding' 常用來形容熱水、飲品及其它會燙人的熱物。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於描述極燙的液體，如“scalding water”、“scalding coffee”。比“hot”更熱，但比“boiling”弱。也可比喻用於尖銳批評，如“scalding criticism”。很少形容固體。

Examples

Be careful, the soup is scalding hot.

小心，湯**燙得要命**。

He burned his hand with scalding water.

他被**滾燙的**水燙傷了手。

The tea was scalding and hard to drink quickly.

茶**燙得要命**，沒辦法快喝。

She dropped her cup when the scalding coffee spilled.

**燙人的**咖啡灑出來時，她把杯子掉了。

A scalding wind blew from the desert, making it hard to breathe.

沙漠吹來一陣**灼熱的**風，讓人難以呼吸。

He responded to the question with a scalding remark.

他用一句**尖銳**的話回答了那個問題。