Blanch



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.使变白; ( 脸色) 变苍白的
• ［英］ v.使变白 ( to make white) ; ( 脸色) 变苍白的 ( turn pale)
• ［记］ blanc ( 白) +h -> 变白
• ［同］ 参考: blank ( 空白的, 空白处) ; bleach ( 漂白)
• ［例］ Her face blanched with fear at the bad news.

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English blaunchen, from Anglo-French blanchir, from blanc, adjective, white — more at blank
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • to take the color out of: as
    • a. to bleach by excluding light
    • b. to scald or parboil in water or steam in order to remove the skin from, whiten, or stop enzymatic action in (as food for freezing)
    • c. to make ashen or pale <fear blanches the cheek>
• intransitive verb
  • to become white or pale
• ? blancher noun

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