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。

Tom blanched and dropped his eyes.
汤姆脸色发白，眼睛也直往下望。
Some backbenchers also blanched at the micro-managing zeal with which Mr Osborne announced a slew of infrastructure projects both large and tiny ( see article).
一些普通议员反对奥斯伯恩先生对于微管理的做法，当他宣布对于大小不一的基础设置施行平衡管理的时候。
His lips were bluish, his cheeks blanched.
他嘴唇微微发青，脸色发白。
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。
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。
Her face blanched with fear at the news of her daughter's accident.
听到她女儿发生车祸的消息她吓得脸色刷白。
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。
Their faces blanched in terror.
他们的脸因恐惧而吓得发白。
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。
The long illness has blanched her cheeks.
久病已使她的脸颊变苍白。