sunburn
part of speech
noun (sunburn — uncountable; a sunburn in American English); verb form (sunburned or sunburnt)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sunburn is red, sore, hot skin caused by staying in strong sunlight too long. tree →
2) Sunburned or sunburnt describes skin hurt by the sun. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health and safety lessons, the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays cause sunburn even on cloudy days; people in Australia and New Zealand learn «Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek, Slide»: slip on a shirt, slop on sunscreen, slap on a hat, seek shade, slide on sunglasses. Reapply sunscreen after swimming. Bad sunburn can blister; cool water and an adult's help are needed. Phrases: get sunburn, bad sunburn, sunburnt nose.
examples
- I got sunburn on my shoulders at the beach. tree →
- Put on sunscreen so you don't get sunburnt. tree →
- You can get sunburn even when it's cloudy. tree →
- Her nose was red and sunburnt. tree →
- Wear a hat to protect your face from sunburn. tree →
- Sunburn can make your skin peel. tree →
- Cool showers help soothe sunburn. tree →
- Seek shade at midday to avoid sunburn. tree →
note
British English: «sunburn» is uncountable (some sunburn); American English also says «a sunburn». Past forms: sunburned or sunburnt. Myth: a «base tan» does not protect you from sunburn. Sunburn is different from a suntan.
In the corpora
- Pigs wallow in mud to keep cool, because they cannot sweat much, and the mud also protects their skin from sunburn.
- Sunburn on a child's skin raises the chance of skin cancer later in life.
- Bad sunburns in childhood raise the chance of skin cancer later in life.
- Sunburn damages skin and raises the risk of skin cancer later.
- Sunburn in childhood raises the risk of skin cancer later in life.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sunburn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.