blanch

verb

1. turn pale, as if in fear

Synonym: paleblench

2. cook (vegetables) briefly

e.g. Parboil the beans before freezing them

Synonym: parboil

1. 突然变得煞白
If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 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.

e.g. Skin the peaches by blanching them.
把桃子焯一下去皮。

1. 白兰琪 拉丁语 白晰或美丽的：Betty 贝蒂 希伯来语 上帝的誓约 | Blanch 白兰琪 拉丁语 白晰或美丽的 | Bonnie 邦妮 苏格兰语 美女

2. 漂白：Blancan fauna 布兰卡动物群 | blanch 漂白 | Blanfordiceras 布兰弗菊石属

3. 铅矿石：blaize 硬砂岩 | blanch 铅矿石 | blanket 表层

4. 白兰琪 拉丁语 白晰或优美的：Betty 贝蒂 希伯来语 上帝的誓约 | Blanch 白兰琪 拉丁语 白晰或优美的 | Bonnie 邦妮 苏格兰语 美女