blanches是什么意思？

blanches

• v. 使变白( blanch的第三人称单数 )，使（植物）不见阳光而变白，<冶>酸洗（金属）使有光泽，<烹>用沸水烫（杏仁等）以便去皮；

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  突然变得煞白
  If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
  例句
  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。 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 someone blanches at something, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it.
  例句
  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。 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 you blanch vegetables, 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.
  例句
  Skin the peaches by blanching them. 把桃子焯一下去皮。