But finding food means getting dangerously close to the scalding fountains. Putting a foot wrong here could lead to real trouble, and bodies have been found of bears that stumbled into the pools and were scalded to death.
但是想要找到食物 必须冒险靠近滚烫的喷泉。一步踏错就可能遭遇致命危险，曾有人发现过失足落入水塘并被活活烫死的棕熊。
scalding (adj.)滚烫的;灼热的
scald (v.) 烫伤;煮沸;(n.) 烫伤
scalding
难度：托福
adj. 滚烫的;灼热的
词根讲解：
前缀s-加强语气，表示很，非常
词根cald-=calidus，表示hot, burning热;灼热。源自PIE词根kele-，这个词根表示warm。
v-ing构成形容词词性
单词scald(v.)表示to be very hot; to afflict painfully with hot liquid or steam 非常热的;液体或蒸汽热到让人痛苦。烫到会让人受伤的程度。
① 滚油
You want to see what he did once? I was cooking dinner, he got mad and threw scalding oil at me.
想见识一下他的所作所为吗?有次我在做饭，他发起脾气来，把滚油浇到了我身上。——《犯罪心理》
② 滚烫的热水
Skulldren: Sprays scalding water on its victim. Extremely dangerous...
颅骨龙：喷出沸水伤害猎物。极度危险...——《驯龙高手》
③ scalding的反义词freezing
Shower still works, but we control it from out here. And I rigged the water heater so it either comes out scalding or freezing.
淋浴还能用，但是从外面控制开关的。我改造了热水器，出来的水不是滚烫的就是冰冷的。——《囚徒》
所以烧开了的水和烧热的油，到了可以把人烫伤的温度，可就不是hot啦，是scalding哦。
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