If you singe something or if it singes, it burns very slightly and changes colour but does not catch fire.
例句
The electric fire had begun to singe the bottoms of his trousers...電暖爐的火剛開始燒著他的褲腿。Her hair was singed and her anorak was burnt...她頭發(fā)燒焦了，帶風(fēng)帽的夾克也燒掉了。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
(毛發(fā))燎;燒焦尖端〔邊兒〕
have one’s hair singed燙頭發(fā)The hot iron has slightly singed the cloth.熱熨斗把布燙焦了一些。