| 单词 | whiten |
| 释义 | whiten verb[IorT] uk/ˈwaɪ.tən/us/ˈwaɪ.t̬ən/to make orbecomewhiter: （使）变白She had her nicotine-stainedteethwhitened.她将她那被尼古丁熏黑的牙齿漂白了。 Herhairhad whitened over theyears.这么多年来她的头发已经变白了。 Black, white & grey
whiten| American Dictionarywhiten verb[I/T] us/ˈhwɑɪ·tən,ˈwɑɪ-/whitenverb[I/T](COLOR)to make somethingwhiter, or tobecomewhiter: [T]Thistoothpasteissupposedto whitenyourteeth. Examplesofwhitenwhiten The dwellings were rectangular and their exterior walls were whitened with either a wash of clay or with lime. From theCambridge English Corpus Assortative mating in relation to phenotype operates but is complicated by the fact that money whitens the skin. From theCambridge English Corpus In racial terms, their ideal moved from whitening (embranquecimento) towards racial democracy. From theCambridge English Corpus From the perspective of applying our test, we do not require a model of best fit; we only require that the data have been whitened. From theCambridge English Corpus Each of them has black eyeliner providing lift at the edge of the eyes and each wears the same coral lipstick to set off the same straightened and whitened teeth. From theCambridge English Corpus Whitenis right about the dissatisfying lack of closure sometimes inherent in the ethnographic approach, its principal weakness. From theCambridge English Corpus Whitenet al. (1999) published an updated and careful examination of behavioral differences between several populations of chimpanzees. From theCambridge English Corpus Ishmael makes no reference to whiteness as a racial signifier. From theCambridge English Corpus But in what way and to what extent do teachers actually represent the state, act to incorporate the local into the national, and participate in its civilising and whitening project? From theCambridge English Corpus Canessa argues that women become more ' masculinized ' and independent as a result of their husbands' seasonal migration, but not ' whitened' as men are in the army. From theCambridge English Corpus Upon accession, our situation was deemed acceptable, although it was stressed that work still needed to be done towhitenour economy and rid our public administration of corruption. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English He visibly blanched: he definitely whitened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It feeds on developing grass seeds, causing seed heads to shrivel and prematurelywhiten. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The meaning of blanching is towhiten, but this is not always the purpose of blanching in cooking. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As a strong bleaching agent, it is used in hair dye substances as whitening agent with hydrogen peroxide. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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