Char

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to burn 

or 

reduce to charcoal (木炭): The fire charred the paper.  



2. to burn slightly; scorch: The flame charred the steak.  



–verb (used without object) 

3. to become charred.

–noun 

4. a charred material or surface.

5. charcoal.  

6. a superior carbon-rich fuel, a by-product of the conversion of coal into gaseous or liquid fuel. 



–noun

any trout (鱒魚) of the genus Salvelinus (or Cristovomer), esp. the Arctic char. 



–noun 

1. a charwoman. (打雜的女佣人)

2. a task, esp. a household chore.

3. chars, odd jobs, esp. of housework, for which one is paid by the hour or day. 



–verb (used without object) 

4. to work at housecleaning by the day or hour; hire oneself out to do odd jobs.

–verb (used with object) 

5. to do (housework, odd jobs, or chores); clean or repair. 



Also, chare. 





　

[Timed] for the centennial of Upton Sinclair's classic muckraker The Jungle, as well as Thanksgiving, Fast Food Nation opens with a slow zoom into the fresh-charred heart of a greasy, gristle-flecked beef patty. 



gristle

軟骨

fleck

斑點,雀斑





cf. decimate

desiccate

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

parch

Walking in the [sun] parched his throat.

A staple of the Indian diet was parched [corn]. 

The obsessive central love story here is [repressed] on all levels, which serves to [parch] the film more than [intensify] it.

dank

damp often chilly

a dank [cellar]

Inflict