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单词 blanch
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blanch
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To blanch is to turn pale, usually as the result of a physical or psychological shock. Nineteenth century literary heroines were frequently blanching — before they fainted, that is.
Blanch has also taken on the more general meaning of to cause shock in general. A government can blanch at following through a particular reform, without the implication that an entire cabinet actually turned white. You can blanch an inanimate object, too, when you deprive it of its natural color. White toilet paper has been blanched by using bleach, for example, though environmentalists blanch at the thought.
WORD FAMILY
blanch: blanched, blanches, blanching
USAGE EXAMPLES
Or blanch the greens quickly and sauté, using as a simple side or adding last minute to mains or even pizzas.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016)
But my friend, meeting me at a Hilton in Tokyo, blanched when he saw me.
The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016)
The next morning, the woman’s husband arrived at the hospital, enveloped in the same diffuse, blanching rash.
The New Yorker(Aug 15, 2016)
1
v turn pale, as if in fear
Syn|Hyper
blench, pale
color, colour, discolor, discolour
change color, often in an undesired manner
2
v cook (vegetables) briefly
Syn|Hyper
parboil
cook
transform and make suitable for consumption by heating
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