blanch

动词 blanch:

1. turn pale, as if in fear
   同义词：pale, blench
2. cook (vegetables) briefly
   同义词：parboil

1. You blanch almonds to remove their skins.
   你把杏仁焯一下，烫去表皮。
2. He blanched (with fear) at the sight of the snake.
   他看见蛇(吓得)脸色煞白。
3. He blanched with shock.
   他吓得脸都白了。

blanch

v.（动词）
blanched 也作 blenched blanch.ing blench.ing blanch.es blench.es
v.tr.（及物动词）
To take the color from; bleach.
使失去颜色；漂白
To whiten (a growing plant or plant part) by covering to cut off direct light.
变白：用遮盖物挡住光线直射以使（生长中的植物或植物的一部分）变白
To whiten (a metal) by soaking in acid or by coating with tin.
在…上镀锡：把（金属）浸在酸中或镀锡，使之变白

To scald (almonds, for example) in order to loosen the skin.
去皮：用沸水烫（如，杏）使之去皮
To scald (food) briefly, as before freezing or as a preliminary stage in preparing a dish.
滚，焯，烫：用沸水轻烫（食物），如冷冻前或在准备一道菜的开始过程中
To cause to turn white or become pale.
使变白或苍白
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To turn white or become pale:
发白或变苍白：
例句：
Their faces blanched in terror.
他们的脸因恐惧而吓得发白

来源：
Middle English blaunchen [to make white]
中古英语 blaunchen [使变白]
from Old French blanchir
源自 古法语 blanchir
from blanche [feminine of] blanc [white]
源自 blanche [] blanc的阴性词 [白]
[of Germanic origin] * see bhel-
[源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bhel-

【引伸】
blanch.er
n.（名词）