vt. scorch,burn superficially 烤焦,把…的表皮烧伤。 △H.VIII.1.1.140: “Heat not a furnace for yourfoe so hot / That it do singe yourself.”不要为你的仇敌把火炉烧得太热,反而把你自己烫伤了。 △Ham.5.1.303(281):“till our ground,/singeing his pate against theburning zone,”直到我们的地面把头顶直伸到太阳圈里烧焦。