亚洲网紅露点

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bleach

[ bleech ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make whiter or lighter in color, such as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from:

    Do you think she bleaches her hair?

  2. to cause (coral) to undergo a loss of color that indicates declining health: caused by a loss of the algae that normally live symbiotically in the coral鈥檚 tissues:

    In sufficient concentrations, the chemicals in certain sunscreens can bleach coral.

  3. Photography. to convert (the silver image of a negative or print) to a silver halide, either to remove the image or to change its tone.


verb (used without object)

  1. to become whiter or lighter in color:

    The grass in the fields gradually bleached as winter approached, leaving the landscape pale and drab.

  2. (of coral) to undergo a loss of color that indicates declining health: caused by a loss of the algae that normally live symbiotically in the coral鈥檚 tissues:

    Coral reefs are bleaching due to ocean pollution and rising sea temperatures.

noun

  1. a bleaching agent.
  2. an act of bleaching.
  3. degree of paleness achieved in bleaching.

bleach

/ 产濒颈藧迟蕛 /

verb

  1. to make or become white or colourless, as by exposure to sunlight, by the action of chemical agents, etc
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a bleaching agent
  2. the degree of whiteness resulting from bleaching
  3. the act of bleaching
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

bleach

  1. A chemical agent used to whiten or remove color from textiles, paper, food, and other substances and materials. Chlorine, sodium hypochlorite, and hydrogen peroxide are bleaches. Bleaches remove color by oxidation or reduction.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞产濒别补肠丑别谤, noun
  • 藞产濒别补肠丑补产濒别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产濒别补肠丑路补路产濒别 adjective
  • 产濒别补肠丑路补路产颈濒路颈路迟测 [blee-ch, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], noun
  • half-bleached adjective
  • 苍辞苍路产濒别补肠丑 noun
  • 辞路惫别谤路产濒别补肠丑 verb
  • 谤别路产濒别补肠丑 verb
  • 蝉别尘路颈路产濒别补肠丑别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路产濒别补肠丑别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路产濒别补肠丑路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bleach1

First recorded before 1050; Middle English blechen, Old English 产濒牵肠别补苍, derivative of 产濒腻肠 鈥減ale鈥; cognate with Old Norse bleikja, Old High German 产濒别颈肠丑脓苍
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of bleach1

Old English 产濒牵肠补苍 ; related to Old Norse bleikja , Old High German bleih pale
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Synonym Study

See whiten.
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If I avoid looking into a mirror and take a bite, I am my nineteen year old self 鈥 sun bleached locks framing my face, leaner and more muscular 鈥 always somewhere close to a water鈥檚 edge.

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Some of them were decorated with coral which has bleached over the centuries.

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It is also becoming more common for women to bleach their children, like Fatima did.

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The kidnappers fled but were found by police that evening hiding in a nearby field, while a search of the house uncovered an air pistol and bleach.

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The shredded material is then mixed with UV additives to avoid being bleached by sunlight.

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