char
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++char1 /tʃɑː $ tʃɑːr/ verb (charred, charring) 1 [intransitive, transitive]BURN to burn something so that its outside becomes black （把…）烧焦 Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char and blister. 把这些辣椒烤到表皮发黑起泡为止。 → charred2. [intransitive]DHCWORK/DO WORK British English old-fashioned to work as a cleaner in a house, office, public building etc 〔在家庭、办公室、公共建筑等〕当清洁工→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
char• Beams of brilliant light jerked across the far wall and, slowly, the bars began to char.• Marc's body was badly charred in the fire.• The fire had charred most of the inside of the house.• Car and bodies had been so badly charred that it was some time before they could be identified.• The gases seeped several inches into seams between segments of insulation, charring the material.char2 noun British English old-fashioned 1. [countable]BODHC a charwoman 清洁女工2 [uncountable]DFD tea 茶 a cup of char 一杯茶Examples from the Corpus
char• Naturally she switched to being a char!• Mum was a char, dad a dustman.• The residue, a carbon-based char, can be used instead of activated carbon in, for instance, sewage works.• Exit char, foaming at the mouth.• As the temperature rose, the bitumen was further cooked into a solid char containing graphite.Origin char (1600-1700) charcoalchar1 verbchar2 nounChinese
that to outside its something burn so Corpus
char
char1 /tʃɑː $ tʃɑːr/ 
verb (past tense and past participle charred, present participle charring)
Roast the peppers until the skin begins to char and blister. ⇨ charred
2. [intransitive] British English old-fashioned to work as a cleaner in a house, office, public building etc
char2 noun
1. [countable] British English old-fashioned a charwoman
2. [uncountable] British English old-fashioned tea:
a cup of char
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verb (past tense and past participle charred, present participle charring) Date: 1600-1700
Origin: charcoal
1. [intransitive and transitive] to burn something so that its outside becomes black:Origin: charcoal
2. [intransitive] British English old-fashioned to work as a cleaner in a house, office, public building etc
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noun1. [countable] British English old-fashioned a charwoman
2. [uncountable] British English old-fashioned tea:
burn to damage, injure, destroy or kill sb/sth with fire, heat or acid; to be damaged, etc. by fire, heat or acid 指烧（或灼）坏、烧（或灼）伤、烧（或灼）死 ：◆ She burned all his letters. 她把他的信全部付之一炬。 ◆ The house burned down in 1995.那所房子在 1995 年烧毁了。 char [ 指（使）烧黑、烧焦 ：◆ The bodies had been charred beyond recognition. 这些尸体已烧焦，无法辨认。 scald to burn part of your body with very hot liquid or steam 指被高温液体或气体烫伤 scorch to burn and slightly damage a surface by making it too hot 指把物体表面烫坏、烧煳、烤焦 ：◆ I scorched my dress when I was ironing it. 我把自己的连衣裙熨焦了。 singe to burn the surface of sth slightly, usually by mistake; to be burnt in this way 尤指不小心把物体表面烤焦、烫煳 ：◆ He singed his hair as he tried to light his cigarette. 他点烟时把头发给燎了。
scorch or singe? 用 scorch 还是 singe？
Things are scorched by heat or fire. Things can only besinged by fire or a flame.* scorch 指高温烫坏或火烧煳；singe 仅指火或火舌烧焦。
Patterns
to burn/scald yourself/your hand to burn/scorch/singe your hair/clothes burnt out/charred/scorched remains/ruins/buildings