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单词 blanched
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blanched


blanch

B0311600 (blănch) also blench (blĕnch)v. blanched, blanch·ing, blanch·es also blenched or blench·ing or blench·es v.tr.1. To take the color from; bleach.2. To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.3. To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin.4. a. To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin.b. To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish.5. To cause to turn white or become pale.v.intr. To turn white or become pale: Their faces blanched in terror.
[Middle English blaunchen, to make white, from Old French blanchir, from blanche, feminine of blanc, white, of Germanic origin; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]
blanch′er n.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.blanched - anemic looking from illness or emotionblanched - anemic looking from illness or emotion; "a face turned ashen"; "the invalid's blanched cheeks"; "tried to speak with bloodless lips"; "a face livid with shock"; "lips...livid with the hue of death"- Mary W. Shelley; "lips white with terror"; "a face white with rage"ashen, livid, bloodless, whitecolorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
2.blanched - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of lightblanched - (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light; "etiolated celery"etiolate, etiolatedplant life, flora, plant - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotioncolorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
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blanched


  • adj

Synonyms for blanched

adj anemic looking from illness or emotion

Synonyms

  • ashen
  • livid
  • bloodless
  • white

Related Words

  • colorless
  • colourless

adj (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light

Synonyms

  • etiolate
  • etiolated

Related Words

  • plant life
  • flora
  • plant
  • colorless
  • colourless
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