Definition of bleach in English:

bleach

verb bliːtʃblitʃ

[with object]

1Cause (a material such as cloth, paper, or hair) to become white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight.
漂白，晒白；使变成淡色
a new formula to bleach and brighten clothing
漂白衣物并使其具有光泽的新配方。
Example sentencesExamples
- The solution used to bleach hair softens and swells the cuticles cells, but it also contain hydrogen peroxide to release oxygen.
- It is also possible to bleach paper through an oxidation process that uses no chlorine at all.
- The whole process involved first bleaching my hair to a shade lighter than my natural jet-black, and then applying the blue hair colour.
- Somehow here, this battered and bleached hut is home to many poor people; they live off begged and stolen food, in a room blackened by the smoke of the struggling stove.
- The problem is that if you used a home hair color kit to obtain a lighter color, your hair has been bleached and colored in a single process.
- He had bleached his hair almost white and spiked it into a number of horns all over his head.
- I had to gather it up and wash and bleach it to get the muddy paw prints out of the sheets.
- In the early 1990s, 46 of the 145 pulp mills in Canada used various chlorine bleaching processes to whiten paper.
- Sodium chlorite, hypochlorite, perborate, and peroxide are used to bleach paper, cotton, and rayon.
- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says some people have become tooth-bleaching junkies.
- Mickey had short bleached-blonde hair and a sandpapery growth of stubble on his chin.
- Paper is traditionally bleached with chlorine and chemicals derived from it (such as chlorine dioxide).
- With each piece of bleached, dead coral washed ashore, the marine ecosystem comes that much closer to being a watery wasteland.
- They say the boots are the perfect finishing touch for their artificial tans, bleached hair, white make-up and bright scanty skirts.
- Thick, tousled hair bleached a near white from excessive sunlight twisted about his head, whipping and snagging in the wind's grasp.
- Morgan stopped and looked up into the sky, the moon shining directly on his long hair, bleaching it so white, he looked like his brother.
- Everything (including most of the people) looked a bit bleached and tired in the hazy sunshine, an effect which is easily remedied by donning sunglasses with a brown tint.
- Her hair was bleached blonde and swaying at her hips.
- His features were similarly pleasant: dark brown hair, some strands bleached a lighter shade by the sun, intelligent eyes, and a strong nose and mouth.
- Up to 75% of those who develop dermatitis are left with discoloured or bleached skin.
Synonyms
make/turn white, whiten, make/turn pale, make/turn pallid, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, decolour, decolorize, peroxide, etiolate
go/grow/turn/become white, whiten, go/turn/grow/become pale, pale, go/grow/turn/become pallid, blanch, lose its colour, be washed out, lighten, fade, blench
1. 1.1 Deprive of vitality or substance.
  〈喻〉使失去活力；使失去实质内容
  his contributions to the album are bleached of personality
  他的曲目在收入这张唱片专辑时被弄得失去了个性。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is what makes it so clear that the conditional sentence I cited is in fact bleached of its conditionality.
  Now that the party's deputy leader has announced she will not stand in next year's Assembly elections, the party is to be stripped of its only eminent woman and bleached of its last shade of green.
  Those answers mean a lot, Mosley says, because it's troubling when biracial people seem to bleach away their blackness with European pride.
  In their universe all is bland, bloodless, bleached of character.
  I am now standing outside Iona Abbey (although the island is much smaller and flatter than I remember, seemingly bleached of some of its character and wild aspects).
  Nikki is a kind of deflated Aussie version of a femme fatale, a strung-out blonde bimbo whose entire personality seems bleached of energy and thought.
  A large colour photograph from his shack dweller series has been bleached of its content, the sitter a vague outline, a ghostly presence leached from the scene.
  If we try and expunge all the bits that don't fit with a controlled or rational model of the mind, we end up with something that's bleached of interest.
2Clean or sterilize (a drain, sink, etc.) with bleach.
用漂白剂给（排水管、水槽等）清洗，消毒
Example sentencesExamples
- Then wash the bleached area with warm water and let it dry.
- My mother bleached that damned doll five times, washed it solidly for two days before she would hand it over.
- This can be made clean by bleaching it, boiling it and filtering it.
- Between the two of us, we scrubbed and wiped and bleached that entire apartment clean over that night and the better part of the next day.
- It wasn't that bad but we do tend to leave boxes out there that won't fit in the bin and they needed to go, we finished the job off by bleaching and hosing everything down so it's all lovely and clean now.
- Baths foreman Frank Hardcastle had a four-day job of cleaning the tiles and bleaching the pool floor.
- Hoovered, washed up and bleached the bathroom, then headed out to work.
- Hong Kong newspapers show city workers hosing down walkways, disinfecting escalator railings and bleaching public washrooms.
- I'm very careful about what I eat and drink; I bleach everything in the condo, I wash my clothes carefully.
- Of those that use a dishcloth or sponge, a third disinfect, boil or bleach it to keep it clean - the most effective methods.
- Pat washes off the dissection tray in the lab sink and puts it back on the table; bleaches the table as well because the teacher told him to.
- If your grout (the material put between tiles to finish the surface and seal against leakage) is discolored, you might want to try and bleach and scrub it clean.

noun bliːtʃblitʃ

mass noun

A chemical (typically a solution of sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to make materials whiter or for sterilizing drains, sinks, etc.
漂白剂；消毒剂
how can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach?
Example sentencesExamples
- You can also use bleach or a diluted solution that contains bleach, but you may want to use soap and water afterwards so that the strong smell doesn't irritate your child's nose.
- Also discovered was a clay-like substance shaped to look like plastic explosive, bleach and a note questioning airline security, according to a law enforcement source.
- I would like to acknowledge the antimicrobial foams and dilute bleach solutions that are helping to disinfect the rest of the building.
- This fabric may yellow so it should be bleached frequently with sodium perborate bleach.
- This technique means that wherever they make chlorine, they make sodium hydroxide, too, and generally they go on to make sodium hypochlorite bleach for you, too.
- The thread can withstand machine washing without bleach, but should not be ironed directly.
- If you notice any mildew, it should be washed off with a solution of 1 part bleach and 3 parts water and rinsed thoroughly.
- If your seedlings succumbed to any diseases last year, make sure the containers are rinsed with a 10% solution of bleach to kill off any remaining spores.
- An EU ruling makes it illegal to supply hydrogen peroxide bleach at over 0.1 per cent concentration.
- Mildew can be eliminated by simply adding a small amount of household bleach to the cleaning solution.
- She poured two litres of concentrated bleach down the loo and down the sink and down the plug hole in the bath, but the smell just got worst.
- How can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach?
- Be familiar with and observe safety guidelines when working with hazardous chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and bleach.
- Liquid bleach used in the laundry is an alkaline solution of hypochlorite ion.
- Disinfect bathrooms and basement walls with a disinfectant solution such as diluted bleach.
- Hong Kong's health chief has said the virus is highly infectious, but can be killed by a solution of common household bleach.
- Use a stiff brash to scrub feeders thoroughly with a 10 percent bleach solution (one part bleach to nine parts warm water), then rinse them well and wipe them dry.
- Some people use cleaners like bleach, not knowing that it is useless in a barn.
- Be warned, though - many of the more extreme techniques incorporate the use of hydrogen peroxide bleach and are not endorsed under EU laws.
- For successful inactivation of both organism and toxin, both bleach and sodium hydroxide must be applied for a total of 40 minutes.

Origin

Old English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc 'pale', of Germanic origin; related to bleak¹.

Rhymes

beach, beech, beseech, breach, breech, each, impeach, leach, leech, outreach, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach

Definition of bleach in US English:

bleach

verbblitʃblēCH

[with object]

1Whiten by exposure to sunlight or by a chemical process.
paper products are bleached with chlorine
Example sentencesExamples
- He had bleached his hair almost white and spiked it into a number of horns all over his head.
- Her hair was bleached blonde and swaying at her hips.
- The solution used to bleach hair softens and swells the cuticles cells, but it also contain hydrogen peroxide to release oxygen.
- They say the boots are the perfect finishing touch for their artificial tans, bleached hair, white make-up and bright scanty skirts.
- Mickey had short bleached-blonde hair and a sandpapery growth of stubble on his chin.
- It is also possible to bleach paper through an oxidation process that uses no chlorine at all.
- Everything (including most of the people) looked a bit bleached and tired in the hazy sunshine, an effect which is easily remedied by donning sunglasses with a brown tint.
- Morgan stopped and looked up into the sky, the moon shining directly on his long hair, bleaching it so white, he looked like his brother.
- Sodium chlorite, hypochlorite, perborate, and peroxide are used to bleach paper, cotton, and rayon.
- His features were similarly pleasant: dark brown hair, some strands bleached a lighter shade by the sun, intelligent eyes, and a strong nose and mouth.
- With each piece of bleached, dead coral washed ashore, the marine ecosystem comes that much closer to being a watery wasteland.
- Up to 75% of those who develop dermatitis are left with discoloured or bleached skin.
- In the early 1990s, 46 of the 145 pulp mills in Canada used various chlorine bleaching processes to whiten paper.
- The problem is that if you used a home hair color kit to obtain a lighter color, your hair has been bleached and colored in a single process.
- I had to gather it up and wash and bleach it to get the muddy paw prints out of the sheets.
- Thick, tousled hair bleached a near white from excessive sunlight twisted about his head, whipping and snagging in the wind's grasp.
- Paper is traditionally bleached with chlorine and chemicals derived from it (such as chlorine dioxide).
- The whole process involved first bleaching my hair to a shade lighter than my natural jet-black, and then applying the blue hair colour.
- Somehow here, this battered and bleached hut is home to many poor people; they live off begged and stolen food, in a room blackened by the smoke of the struggling stove.
- CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says some people have become tooth-bleaching junkies.
Synonyms
make white, turn white, whiten, make pale, turn pale, make pallid, turn pallid, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, decolour, decolorize, peroxide, etiolate
become white, go white, grow white, turn white, whiten, become pale, go pale, grow pale, turn pale, pale, become pallid, go pallid, grow pallid, turn pallid, blanch, lose its colour, be washed out, lighten, fade, blench
1. 1.1 Deprive of vitality or substance.
  〈喻〉使失去活力；使失去实质内容
  his contributions to the album are bleached of personality
  他的曲目在收入这张唱片专辑时被弄得失去了个性。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Now that the party's deputy leader has announced she will not stand in next year's Assembly elections, the party is to be stripped of its only eminent woman and bleached of its last shade of green.
  Those answers mean a lot, Mosley says, because it's troubling when biracial people seem to bleach away their blackness with European pride.
  A large colour photograph from his shack dweller series has been bleached of its content, the sitter a vague outline, a ghostly presence leached from the scene.
  Nikki is a kind of deflated Aussie version of a femme fatale, a strung-out blonde bimbo whose entire personality seems bleached of energy and thought.
  If we try and expunge all the bits that don't fit with a controlled or rational model of the mind, we end up with something that's bleached of interest.
  I am now standing outside Iona Abbey (although the island is much smaller and flatter than I remember, seemingly bleached of some of its character and wild aspects).
  That is what makes it so clear that the conditional sentence I cited is in fact bleached of its conditionality.
  In their universe all is bland, bloodless, bleached of character.
2Clean and sterilize.
a new formula to bleach and brighten clothing
漂白衣物并使其具有光泽的新配方。
Example sentencesExamples
- This can be made clean by bleaching it, boiling it and filtering it.
- Then wash the bleached area with warm water and let it dry.
- Pat washes off the dissection tray in the lab sink and puts it back on the table; bleaches the table as well because the teacher told him to.
- Hoovered, washed up and bleached the bathroom, then headed out to work.
- I'm very careful about what I eat and drink; I bleach everything in the condo, I wash my clothes carefully.
- If your grout (the material put between tiles to finish the surface and seal against leakage) is discolored, you might want to try and bleach and scrub it clean.
- Hong Kong newspapers show city workers hosing down walkways, disinfecting escalator railings and bleaching public washrooms.
- Baths foreman Frank Hardcastle had a four-day job of cleaning the tiles and bleaching the pool floor.
- It wasn't that bad but we do tend to leave boxes out there that won't fit in the bin and they needed to go, we finished the job off by bleaching and hosing everything down so it's all lovely and clean now.
- My mother bleached that damned doll five times, washed it solidly for two days before she would hand it over.
- Between the two of us, we scrubbed and wiped and bleached that entire apartment clean over that night and the better part of the next day.
- Of those that use a dishcloth or sponge, a third disinfect, boil or bleach it to keep it clean - the most effective methods.

nounblitʃblēCH

A chemical (typically a solution of sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to whiten or sterilize materials.
漂白剂；消毒剂
Example sentencesExamples
- Be familiar with and observe safety guidelines when working with hazardous chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and bleach.
- This fabric may yellow so it should be bleached frequently with sodium perborate bleach.
- Mildew can be eliminated by simply adding a small amount of household bleach to the cleaning solution.
- You can also use bleach or a diluted solution that contains bleach, but you may want to use soap and water afterwards so that the strong smell doesn't irritate your child's nose.
- Disinfect bathrooms and basement walls with a disinfectant solution such as diluted bleach.
- If your seedlings succumbed to any diseases last year, make sure the containers are rinsed with a 10% solution of bleach to kill off any remaining spores.
- Be warned, though - many of the more extreme techniques incorporate the use of hydrogen peroxide bleach and are not endorsed under EU laws.
- The thread can withstand machine washing without bleach, but should not be ironed directly.
- She poured two litres of concentrated bleach down the loo and down the sink and down the plug hole in the bath, but the smell just got worst.
- An EU ruling makes it illegal to supply hydrogen peroxide bleach at over 0.1 per cent concentration.
- Liquid bleach used in the laundry is an alkaline solution of hypochlorite ion.
- I would like to acknowledge the antimicrobial foams and dilute bleach solutions that are helping to disinfect the rest of the building.
- How can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach?
- For successful inactivation of both organism and toxin, both bleach and sodium hydroxide must be applied for a total of 40 minutes.
- Also discovered was a clay-like substance shaped to look like plastic explosive, bleach and a note questioning airline security, according to a law enforcement source.
- This technique means that wherever they make chlorine, they make sodium hydroxide, too, and generally they go on to make sodium hypochlorite bleach for you, too.
- Use a stiff brash to scrub feeders thoroughly with a 10 percent bleach solution (one part bleach to nine parts warm water), then rinse them well and wipe them dry.
- Hong Kong's health chief has said the virus is highly infectious, but can be killed by a solution of common household bleach.
- If you notice any mildew, it should be washed off with a solution of 1 part bleach and 3 parts water and rinsed thoroughly.
- Some people use cleaners like bleach, not knowing that it is useless in a barn.

Origin

Old English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc ‘pale’, of Germanic origin; related to bleak.

词汇	bleach
释义	Definition of bleach in English: bleach verb bliːtʃblitʃ [with object] 1Cause (a material such as cloth, paper, or hair) to become white or much lighter by a chemical process or by exposure to sunlight. 漂白，晒白；使变成淡色 a new formula to bleach and brighten clothing 漂白衣物并使其具有光泽的新配方。 Example sentencesExamples The solution used to bleach hair softens and swells the cuticles cells, but it also contain hydrogen peroxide to release oxygen. It is also possible to bleach paper through an oxidation process that uses no chlorine at all. The whole process involved first bleaching my hair to a shade lighter than my natural jet-black, and then applying the blue hair colour. Somehow here, this battered and bleached hut is home to many poor people; they live off begged and stolen food, in a room blackened by the smoke of the struggling stove. The problem is that if you used a home hair color kit to obtain a lighter color, your hair has been bleached and colored in a single process. He had bleached his hair almost white and spiked it into a number of horns all over his head. I had to gather it up and wash and bleach it to get the muddy paw prints out of the sheets. In the early 1990s, 46 of the 145 pulp mills in Canada used various chlorine bleaching processes to whiten paper. Sodium chlorite, hypochlorite, perborate, and peroxide are used to bleach paper, cotton, and rayon. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says some people have become tooth-bleaching junkies. Mickey had short bleached-blonde hair and a sandpapery growth of stubble on his chin. Paper is traditionally bleached with chlorine and chemicals derived from it (such as chlorine dioxide). With each piece of bleached, dead coral washed ashore, the marine ecosystem comes that much closer to being a watery wasteland. They say the boots are the perfect finishing touch for their artificial tans, bleached hair, white make-up and bright scanty skirts. Thick, tousled hair bleached a near white from excessive sunlight twisted about his head, whipping and snagging in the wind's grasp. Morgan stopped and looked up into the sky, the moon shining directly on his long hair, bleaching it so white, he looked like his brother. Everything (including most of the people) looked a bit bleached and tired in the hazy sunshine, an effect which is easily remedied by donning sunglasses with a brown tint. Her hair was bleached blonde and swaying at her hips. His features were similarly pleasant: dark brown hair, some strands bleached a lighter shade by the sun, intelligent eyes, and a strong nose and mouth. Up to 75% of those who develop dermatitis are left with discoloured or bleached skin. Synonyms make/turn white, whiten, make/turn pale, make/turn pallid, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, decolour, decolorize, peroxide, etiolate go/grow/turn/become white, whiten, go/turn/grow/become pale, pale, go/grow/turn/become pallid, blanch, lose its colour, be washed out, lighten, fade, blench 1.1 Deprive of vitality or substance. 〈喻〉使失去活力；使失去实质内容 his contributions to the album are bleached of personality 他的曲目在收入这张唱片专辑时被弄得失去了个性。 Example sentencesExamples That is what makes it so clear that the conditional sentence I cited is in fact bleached of its conditionality. Now that the party's deputy leader has announced she will not stand in next year's Assembly elections, the party is to be stripped of its only eminent woman and bleached of its last shade of green. Those answers mean a lot, Mosley says, because it's troubling when biracial people seem to bleach away their blackness with European pride. In their universe all is bland, bloodless, bleached of character. I am now standing outside Iona Abbey (although the island is much smaller and flatter than I remember, seemingly bleached of some of its character and wild aspects). Nikki is a kind of deflated Aussie version of a femme fatale, a strung-out blonde bimbo whose entire personality seems bleached of energy and thought. A large colour photograph from his shack dweller series has been bleached of its content, the sitter a vague outline, a ghostly presence leached from the scene. If we try and expunge all the bits that don't fit with a controlled or rational model of the mind, we end up with something that's bleached of interest. 2Clean or sterilize (a drain, sink, etc.) with bleach. 用漂白剂给（排水管、水槽等）清洗，消毒 Example sentencesExamples Then wash the bleached area with warm water and let it dry. My mother bleached that damned doll five times, washed it solidly for two days before she would hand it over. This can be made clean by bleaching it, boiling it and filtering it. Between the two of us, we scrubbed and wiped and bleached that entire apartment clean over that night and the better part of the next day. It wasn't that bad but we do tend to leave boxes out there that won't fit in the bin and they needed to go, we finished the job off by bleaching and hosing everything down so it's all lovely and clean now. Baths foreman Frank Hardcastle had a four-day job of cleaning the tiles and bleaching the pool floor. Hoovered, washed up and bleached the bathroom, then headed out to work. Hong Kong newspapers show city workers hosing down walkways, disinfecting escalator railings and bleaching public washrooms. I'm very careful about what I eat and drink; I bleach everything in the condo, I wash my clothes carefully. Of those that use a dishcloth or sponge, a third disinfect, boil or bleach it to keep it clean - the most effective methods. Pat washes off the dissection tray in the lab sink and puts it back on the table; bleaches the table as well because the teacher told him to. If your grout (the material put between tiles to finish the surface and seal against leakage) is discolored, you might want to try and bleach and scrub it clean. noun bliːtʃblitʃ mass noun A chemical (typically a solution of sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to make materials whiter or for sterilizing drains, sinks, etc. 漂白剂；消毒剂 how can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach? Example sentencesExamples You can also use bleach or a diluted solution that contains bleach, but you may want to use soap and water afterwards so that the strong smell doesn't irritate your child's nose. Also discovered was a clay-like substance shaped to look like plastic explosive, bleach and a note questioning airline security, according to a law enforcement source. I would like to acknowledge the antimicrobial foams and dilute bleach solutions that are helping to disinfect the rest of the building. This fabric may yellow so it should be bleached frequently with sodium perborate bleach. This technique means that wherever they make chlorine, they make sodium hydroxide, too, and generally they go on to make sodium hypochlorite bleach for you, too. The thread can withstand machine washing without bleach, but should not be ironed directly. If you notice any mildew, it should be washed off with a solution of 1 part bleach and 3 parts water and rinsed thoroughly. If your seedlings succumbed to any diseases last year, make sure the containers are rinsed with a 10% solution of bleach to kill off any remaining spores. An EU ruling makes it illegal to supply hydrogen peroxide bleach at over 0.1 per cent concentration. Mildew can be eliminated by simply adding a small amount of household bleach to the cleaning solution. She poured two litres of concentrated bleach down the loo and down the sink and down the plug hole in the bath, but the smell just got worst. How can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach? Be familiar with and observe safety guidelines when working with hazardous chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and bleach. Liquid bleach used in the laundry is an alkaline solution of hypochlorite ion. Disinfect bathrooms and basement walls with a disinfectant solution such as diluted bleach. Hong Kong's health chief has said the virus is highly infectious, but can be killed by a solution of common household bleach. Use a stiff brash to scrub feeders thoroughly with a 10 percent bleach solution (one part bleach to nine parts warm water), then rinse them well and wipe them dry. Some people use cleaners like bleach, not knowing that it is useless in a barn. Be warned, though - many of the more extreme techniques incorporate the use of hydrogen peroxide bleach and are not endorsed under EU laws. For successful inactivation of both organism and toxin, both bleach and sodium hydroxide must be applied for a total of 40 minutes. Origin Old English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc 'pale', of Germanic origin; related to bleak¹. Rhymes beach, beech, beseech, breach, breech, each, impeach, leach, leech, outreach, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach Definition of bleach in US English: bleach verbblitʃblēCH [with object] 1Whiten by exposure to sunlight or by a chemical process. paper products are bleached with chlorine Example sentencesExamples He had bleached his hair almost white and spiked it into a number of horns all over his head. Her hair was bleached blonde and swaying at her hips. The solution used to bleach hair softens and swells the cuticles cells, but it also contain hydrogen peroxide to release oxygen. They say the boots are the perfect finishing touch for their artificial tans, bleached hair, white make-up and bright scanty skirts. Mickey had short bleached-blonde hair and a sandpapery growth of stubble on his chin. It is also possible to bleach paper through an oxidation process that uses no chlorine at all. Everything (including most of the people) looked a bit bleached and tired in the hazy sunshine, an effect which is easily remedied by donning sunglasses with a brown tint. Morgan stopped and looked up into the sky, the moon shining directly on his long hair, bleaching it so white, he looked like his brother. Sodium chlorite, hypochlorite, perborate, and peroxide are used to bleach paper, cotton, and rayon. His features were similarly pleasant: dark brown hair, some strands bleached a lighter shade by the sun, intelligent eyes, and a strong nose and mouth. With each piece of bleached, dead coral washed ashore, the marine ecosystem comes that much closer to being a watery wasteland. Up to 75% of those who develop dermatitis are left with discoloured or bleached skin. In the early 1990s, 46 of the 145 pulp mills in Canada used various chlorine bleaching processes to whiten paper. The problem is that if you used a home hair color kit to obtain a lighter color, your hair has been bleached and colored in a single process. I had to gather it up and wash and bleach it to get the muddy paw prints out of the sheets. Thick, tousled hair bleached a near white from excessive sunlight twisted about his head, whipping and snagging in the wind's grasp. Paper is traditionally bleached with chlorine and chemicals derived from it (such as chlorine dioxide). The whole process involved first bleaching my hair to a shade lighter than my natural jet-black, and then applying the blue hair colour. Somehow here, this battered and bleached hut is home to many poor people; they live off begged and stolen food, in a room blackened by the smoke of the struggling stove. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta says some people have become tooth-bleaching junkies. Synonyms make white, turn white, whiten, make pale, turn pale, make pallid, turn pallid, blanch, lighten, fade, wash out, decolour, decolorize, peroxide, etiolate become white, go white, grow white, turn white, whiten, become pale, go pale, grow pale, turn pale, pale, become pallid, go pallid, grow pallid, turn pallid, blanch, lose its colour, be washed out, lighten, fade, blench 1.1 Deprive of vitality or substance. 〈喻〉使失去活力；使失去实质内容 his contributions to the album are bleached of personality 他的曲目在收入这张唱片专辑时被弄得失去了个性。 Example sentencesExamples Now that the party's deputy leader has announced she will not stand in next year's Assembly elections, the party is to be stripped of its only eminent woman and bleached of its last shade of green. Those answers mean a lot, Mosley says, because it's troubling when biracial people seem to bleach away their blackness with European pride. A large colour photograph from his shack dweller series has been bleached of its content, the sitter a vague outline, a ghostly presence leached from the scene. Nikki is a kind of deflated Aussie version of a femme fatale, a strung-out blonde bimbo whose entire personality seems bleached of energy and thought. If we try and expunge all the bits that don't fit with a controlled or rational model of the mind, we end up with something that's bleached of interest. I am now standing outside Iona Abbey (although the island is much smaller and flatter than I remember, seemingly bleached of some of its character and wild aspects). That is what makes it so clear that the conditional sentence I cited is in fact bleached of its conditionality. In their universe all is bland, bloodless, bleached of character. 2Clean and sterilize. a new formula to bleach and brighten clothing 漂白衣物并使其具有光泽的新配方。 Example sentencesExamples This can be made clean by bleaching it, boiling it and filtering it. Then wash the bleached area with warm water and let it dry. Pat washes off the dissection tray in the lab sink and puts it back on the table; bleaches the table as well because the teacher told him to. Hoovered, washed up and bleached the bathroom, then headed out to work. I'm very careful about what I eat and drink; I bleach everything in the condo, I wash my clothes carefully. If your grout (the material put between tiles to finish the surface and seal against leakage) is discolored, you might want to try and bleach and scrub it clean. Hong Kong newspapers show city workers hosing down walkways, disinfecting escalator railings and bleaching public washrooms. Baths foreman Frank Hardcastle had a four-day job of cleaning the tiles and bleaching the pool floor. It wasn't that bad but we do tend to leave boxes out there that won't fit in the bin and they needed to go, we finished the job off by bleaching and hosing everything down so it's all lovely and clean now. My mother bleached that damned doll five times, washed it solidly for two days before she would hand it over. Between the two of us, we scrubbed and wiped and bleached that entire apartment clean over that night and the better part of the next day. Of those that use a dishcloth or sponge, a third disinfect, boil or bleach it to keep it clean - the most effective methods. nounblitʃblēCH A chemical (typically a solution of sodium hypochlorite or hydrogen peroxide) used to whiten or sterilize materials. 漂白剂；消毒剂 Example sentencesExamples Be familiar with and observe safety guidelines when working with hazardous chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and bleach. This fabric may yellow so it should be bleached frequently with sodium perborate bleach. Mildew can be eliminated by simply adding a small amount of household bleach to the cleaning solution. You can also use bleach or a diluted solution that contains bleach, but you may want to use soap and water afterwards so that the strong smell doesn't irritate your child's nose. Disinfect bathrooms and basement walls with a disinfectant solution such as diluted bleach. If your seedlings succumbed to any diseases last year, make sure the containers are rinsed with a 10% solution of bleach to kill off any remaining spores. Be warned, though - many of the more extreme techniques incorporate the use of hydrogen peroxide bleach and are not endorsed under EU laws. The thread can withstand machine washing without bleach, but should not be ironed directly. She poured two litres of concentrated bleach down the loo and down the sink and down the plug hole in the bath, but the smell just got worst. An EU ruling makes it illegal to supply hydrogen peroxide bleach at over 0.1 per cent concentration. Liquid bleach used in the laundry is an alkaline solution of hypochlorite ion. I would like to acknowledge the antimicrobial foams and dilute bleach solutions that are helping to disinfect the rest of the building. How can I get all those stains out of my wash without bleach? For successful inactivation of both organism and toxin, both bleach and sodium hydroxide must be applied for a total of 40 minutes. Also discovered was a clay-like substance shaped to look like plastic explosive, bleach and a note questioning airline security, according to a law enforcement source. This technique means that wherever they make chlorine, they make sodium hydroxide, too, and generally they go on to make sodium hypochlorite bleach for you, too. Use a stiff brash to scrub feeders thoroughly with a 10 percent bleach solution (one part bleach to nine parts warm water), then rinse them well and wipe them dry. Hong Kong's health chief has said the virus is highly infectious, but can be killed by a solution of common household bleach. If you notice any mildew, it should be washed off with a solution of 1 part bleach and 3 parts water and rinsed thoroughly. Some people use cleaners like bleach, not knowing that it is useless in a barn. Origin Old English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc ‘pale’, of Germanic origin; related to bleak.
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