blanched

英 [blɑːntʃt]

美 [blæntʃt]

v. (受惊吓)脸发白; 焯(把蔬菜等放在沸水中略微一煮)
blanch的过去分词和过去式

过去式：blanched　过去分词：blanched　

BNC.37397 / COCA.25570

柯林斯词典

VERB 突然变得煞白
If youblanch, you suddenly become very pale.
1. His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe's blood-drenched uniform...
  他一看到夏普浸满鲜血的制服，脸色顿时变得煞白。
2. She felt herself blanch at the unpleasant memories.
  一回想起那些不愉快的事情，她觉得自己的脸刷地就白了。
VERB 退缩；回避
If you say that someoneblanches atsomething, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it.
1. Everything he had said had been a mistake. He blanched at his miscalculations...
  他所说的一切都是错的。他回避了自己的判断错误。
2. There are places you can take physically handicapped children where staff don't blanch at the sight of a wheelchair.
  有些地方你能带残疾儿童去，那里的工作人员不会一看到轮椅就退缩。
VERB 焯
If youblanchvegetables, fruit, or nuts, you put them into boiling water for a short time, usually in order to remove their skins, or to prepare them for freezing.
1. Skin the peaches by blanching them.
  把桃子焯一下去皮。

The Iron Duke remained calm, but his lips blanched.
那位铁公爵②貌似镇静，但嘴唇却发白了。
At the sight of Cowperwood he actually blanched.
一看到柯帕乌，他真是面如纸色了。
The men returned, their faces blanched.
男人们脸色苍白地回来了。
First potatoes are harvested from fields before being peeled, cut and blanched.
首先，土豆在剥皮，切割和热溶之前从地里被收割起。
This could help primates tell if a potential mate is rosy from good health or if an enemy is blanched with alarm.
这可能有助于灵长类动物判断们中意的对象气色是否红润，或敌人是否因为们的警告而脸色苍白。
The long illness has blanched her cheeks.
久病已使她的脸颊变苍白。
The girl blanched with fear when she saw the bear coming.
那女孩见熊（向她）走来，吓得脸都白了。
The creditors the 18 other eurozone countries, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund blanched.
债权人们其他18个欧元区国家、欧洲央行和国际货币基金组织则脸色煞白。
She blanched to hear the bad news.
听到这坏消息，她顿然失色。
In a few seconds she stretched herself out stiff, and turned up her eyes, while her cheeks, at once blanched and livid, assumed the aspect of death.
只几秒钟，她就挺直了身体，眼睛上翻，她的双颊顿时一阵白、一阵青，像是要死的神气。