scorch的词源

英文词源

scorch (v.): "to burn superficially or slightly, but so as to change the color or injure the texture," early 14c., perhaps an alteration of scorrcnenn "make dry, parch" (c. 1200), of obscure origin, perhaps from Old Norse skorpna "to be shriveled," cognate with Old English scrimman "to shrink, dry up." Or perhaps from Old French escorchier "to strip off the skin," from Vulgar Latin excorticare "to flay," from ex- (see ex-) + Latin cortex (genitive corticis) "cork;" but OED finds this not likely. Scorched earth military strategy is 1937, translation of Chinese jiaotu, used against the Japanese in a bid to stem their advance into China.

可能来自古诺斯语 skorpna,使枯萎，使枯干，来自 Proto-Germanic*skrimp,收缩，来自 PIE*sker, 弯，转，词源同 shrink,shrimp.后引申词义烧焦。

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