scorcher

/'skɔ:tʃə/

Thân thiện

The batter hit a scorcher down the third-base line.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • An extremely hot day: A day with exceptionally high temperatures, often uncomfortably or dangerously hot.
   • A very hard hit ball: In sports like baseball or cricket, a ball that is struck with great force and speed.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Extremely hot day):
  • With temperatures over 40°C, today is an absolute scorcher.
  • We had a week of scorchers last July.
• Noun (Very hard hit ball):
  • The batter hit a scorcher straight down the third-base line.
  • That scorcher from the batsman went straight to the boundary for four runs.

Advanced Usage

• Informal/Figurative Use: Can describe anything that is extremely intense, impressive, or severe.
  • His latest novel is a real scorcher—full of suspense and drama.
  • She delivered a scorcher of a speech that left the audience stunned.

Variants and Related Words

• Scorch (verb): To burn or become burnt on the surface; to criticize severely.
  • The sun scorched the grass.
  • The critic scorched the director's new film.
• Scorching (adjective): Extremely hot; searingly critical.
  • We're facing scorching temperatures this weekend.
  • She gave him a scorching look.

Synonyms

• For a hot day: Swelterer, sizzler, roaster, burner.
• For a hard-hit ball: Blast, rocket, screamer, thunderbolt.

Related Phrases

• A scorcher of a day: An emphatic way to describe an extremely hot day.
  • Be sure to drink water; it's a scorcher of a day out there.
• To come in like a scorcher: To arrive or enter with great force, speed, or intensity.
  • The new competitor came in like a scorcher, taking half the market share in a month.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a very hard hit ball
2. an extremely hot day

Từ đồng nghĩa

• screamer