blanch

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Cooking

blanch /blɑːntʃ $ blæntʃ/ verb  1  [transitive]DFC to put vegetables, fruit, or nuts into boiling water for a short time 用沸水烫，焯〔蔬菜、水果或坚果〕 Blanch the peaches and remove the skins. 把桃子用沸水烫一烫后去皮。2  [intransitive] literaryCOLOUR/COLOR to become pale because you are frightened or shocked 〔因害怕或震惊而〕变得（脸色）苍白 Patrick visibly blanched. 帕特里克的脸色明显地变得苍白。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

blanch• Then, obsessively, she went back to blanching her face.• Chop zest and blanch in boiling water to cover for 5 minutes.• Four or five weeks more, and that greater snow would blanch the hedgerows.• A gun boomed; then another, blanching the sky to the south.• Blanch the spinach for 30 seconds.Origin blanch (1300-1400) Old French blanchir, from blanc “white”

blanch verbChinese  

boiling fruit, nuts or into to Corpus for vegetables, water put

blanch
blanch /blɑːntʃ $ blæntʃ/ verb1. [transitive] to put vegetables, fruit, or nuts into boiling water for a short time:
    Blanch the peaches and remove the skins.
2. [intransitive] literary to become pale because you are frightened or shocked:
    Patrick visibly blanched.

blanchBrE /blɑːntʃ/ 🔊NAmE /blæntʃ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they blanch BrE /blɑːntʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /blæntʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it blanches BrE /ˈblɑːntʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblæntʃɪz/ 🔊past simple blanched BrE /blɑːntʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /blæntʃt/ 🔊past participle blanched BrE /blɑːntʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /blæntʃt/ 🔊 -ing form blanching BrE /ˈblɑːntʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈblæntʃɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] ~ (at sth) (formal) to become pale because you are shocked or frightened （受惊吓）脸发白 [transitive] ~ sth to prepare food, especially vegetables, by putting it into boiling water for a short time 焯（把蔬菜等放在沸水中略微一煮）