"very hot day," 1874, agent noun from scorch (v.). It also means or has meant "stinging attack" (1842), "pretty girl" (1881), "line drive in baseball" (1900).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. a scorcher of a free kick
一記精準(zhǔn)的任意球
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. Whew ! It's a real scorcher today!
喲! 今天可太熱了!
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. Well, the Wednesday of their wedding turned out to be an ` autumn'tiger ,'a real scorcher.