bleach

• vt. 使漂白，使變白
• vi. 變白，漂白
• n. 漂白劑

詞源同blanch, 漂白。

bleach (v.)

Old English blæcan "bleach, whiten," from Proto-Germanic *blaikjan "to make white" (cognates: Old Saxon blek, Old Norse bleikr, Dutch bleek, Old High German bleih, German bleich "pale;" Old Norse bleikja, Dutch bleken, German bleichen "to bleach"), from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (cognates: Sanskrit bhrajate "shines;" Greek phlegein "to burn;" Latin flamma "flame," fulmen "lightning," fulgere "to shine, flash," flagrare "to burn;" Old Church Slavonic belu "white;" Lithuanian balnas "pale").

The same root probably produced black; perhaps because both black and white are colorless, or because both are associated with burning. Compare Old English scimian, related to the source of shine (n.), meaning both "to shine" and "to dim, grow dusky, grow dark." Related: Bleached; bleaching.

bleach (n.)

"act of bleaching," 1887; "a bleaching agent," 1898, probably directly from bleach (v.). The Old English noun blæce meant "leprosy;" Late Old English also had blæco "paleness," and Middle English had blech "whitening or bleaching agent."

1. The tree's roots are stripped and hung to season and bleach.

樹根剝皮後掛起來風幹曬白。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Remove stains by soaking in a mild solution of bleach.

用溫和的漂白劑浸泡以去除汙跡。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The sun will bleach the hairs on your face.

太陽會使你臉上的汗毛發白。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Use some bleach on this shirt.

用些漂白劑漂白這件襯衣.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. These products don't bleach the hair.

這些產品不會使頭發變白。

來自辭典例句