sear

１．今日は sear です。お料理好きなら聞いたことがある単語でしょうか。

How to Make the Best Seared Chicken Breast – A few basic tools and tips, and you’ll get perfect seared chicken breast every time. Boneless chicken breasts are easy to find, low in fat, high in protein, and consistently tender, all factors that contribute to them being the most popular cut of poultry in the country. Yet despite the fact that we eat chicken breast all the time, it can be surprisingly hard to make just right. By its nature, the cut is unevenly shaped, which means it’s prone to being either slightly undercooked or grossly overcooked. (from GREATist)

鶏の胸肉。一番人気、一番よく食べる。でも上手に焼くのは意外と難しいですね。

Fast Fish Recipe: Mackerel, Sweet and Sour and Scrumptious – After a quick sear to crisp the skin, this flavorful fish finishes cooking nestled into a pan of lightly pickled fennel, carrots and shallots. Treviso provides a bit of bite. (from the Wall Street Times)

鯖の皮をパリパリに。

The heat from the explosion seared their hands and faces.

やけどですね。

The hardship of her youth has seared her emotionally.

比喩的です。胸を焦がす。

２．では、英英辞典と英和辞典の意味を確認しておきましょう。

to burn the surface of something with sudden very strong heat

to have a strong unpleasant effect on someone’s feelings or memories

To sear something means to burn its surface with a sudden intense heat.

If something sears a part of your body, it causes a painful burning feeling there.

to make callous or unfeeling; harden

表面を焼く、焦がす、やけどする

焼き印を押す、強く焼きつく

〔記憶に～を〕焼き付ける

今日の単語は

sear 焦がす、焼き付ける

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