Parch

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to make extremely, excessively, 

or 

completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do. 



2. to make dry, hot, or thirsty: Walking in the sun parched his throat. 

3. to dry (peas, beans, grain, etc.) by exposure to heat without burning; to toast or roast slightly: A staple of the Indian diet was parched corn. 

4. to dry or shrivel with cold. 



shrivel

使枯萎,使乾枯,使皺縮

The [seedlings] had shriveled up a bit in the hot [sun].



–verb (used without object) 

5. to suffer from heat, thirst, or need of water.

6. to become parched; undergo drying by heat.

7. to dry (usually fol. by up).





　

The real subject of the film is Newland's adhering to his prescribed role rather than following his heart, and while this is apparent, the emotion is, crucially, not deeply felt or conveyed despite the couple's furtive meetings in the film's second half. 



The obsessive central love story here is repressed on all levels, which serves to parch the film more than intensify it. Nor does a rather flat coda, set in Paris years later, deliver the intended poignance.





cf. decimate

desiccate

What [rescues] his best films [from] desiccation is the playfulness behind the theorizing 

dank

damp often chilly

a dank [cellar]

Inflict