| 单词 | etiolate |
| 释义 | etiolate (once / 85032 pages) 1v 2adjv To etiolate is to make something, especially a plant, become pale and weak. A lack of sunshine in your back yard might etiolate the roses you planted there. You can use etiolate to describe what your uncle does to his house plants when he keeps his curtains closed for weeks — causing them to grow long, pale stems and tiny leaves from lack of sunlight. It's more common to find etiolate and the noun etiolation in science textbooks or botanists' studies. Etiolate comes from the French word étioler, "to blanch," and experts speculate that it may literally mean "to become like straw," from the French Norman étule, "a straw." WORD FAMILYetiolate: etiolated, etiolates, etiolating, etiolation USAGE EXAMPLESWorking on them made him feel slack and etiolated, like a marathoner forced to stagger around the track a second time. New York Times(Nov 25, 2014) The tradition lives on today, in etiolated form, in commercial wax museums. Washington Post(Oct 19, 2014) One woman in his new novel is described as “so etiolated by Bikram yoga that she looked like gristle.” New York Times(Feb 13, 2014) 1 1v make weak by stunting the growth or development of Hyper weaken lessen the strength of 2v make pale or sickly 2alcohol etiolates your skin Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 1adj (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light Syn blanched, etiolated colorless, colourless weak in color; not colorful 2v bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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