Word · Frequency #21165
blanch
焯;烫漂
To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water and then into cold water.
- 1.
To grow or become white.
变白或成为白色。
- 2.
To avoid, as from fear; to evade; to leave unnoticed.
因害怕而回避;逃避;不加理会。
- 3.
To take the color out of, and make white; to bleach.
使褪色变白;漂白。
- 4.
To cause to turn aside or back.
使转向或返回。
- 5.
To cook by dipping briefly into boiling water, then directly into cold water.
短暂浸入沸水后立即放入冷水烹煮。
- 6.
To use evasion.
使用推托之词;回避。
- 7.
To whiten, for example the surface of meat, by plunging into boiling water and afterwards into cold, so as to harden the surface and retain the juices.
将肉等表面浸入沸水再入冷水以变白,使表面硬化并保留汁液。
- 8.
To bleach by excluding light, for example the stalks or leaves of plants by earthing them up or tying them together.
通过遮光漂白,如用培土或捆绑使植物茎叶变白。
- 9.
To make white by removing the skin of, for example by scalding.
通过去皮(如烫洗)使变白。
- 10.
To give a white lustre to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining)
在铸币冲压前使(银)具有白色光泽。
- 11.
To cover (sheet iron) with a coating of tin.
给(铁皮)镀锡。
- 12.
To give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to whiten;
使有良好外观;粉饰;美白。
变白;发白;漂白;使变白;烫去外皮;焯水去皮;使退避;使退缩;回避;躲避
In use
Before freezing, you should blanch the vegetables to preserve their color.
She blanched the green beans in boiling water for two minutes.
The chef is blanching the tomatoes to remove their skins.
blanch
作不及物动词,表示脸色因震惊、恐惧等失去血色。
Her face blanched when she heard the news.
她听到消息时脸色发白。
blanch sth
作及物动词,表示使某物变得苍白或褪色;也可指通过遮光等方式使植物变白。
The sun had blanched the curtains.
阳光把窗帘晒得褪色发白。
blanch sth (in boiling water)
烹饪用语,指快速焯烫后通常过冷水,以保持颜色和口感。
Connections
Collocations
- blanch vegetables
- 焯蔬菜
- Blanch the vegetables in boiling water for two minutes, then drain them well.将蔬菜在沸水中焯两分钟,然后沥干。
- blanch almonds
- 焯杏仁(以便去皮)
- Blanch the almonds, then slip off the skins.把杏仁焯一下,然后剥去外皮。
- blanch the meat
- 把肉焯水
- Blanch the meat in boiling water for a minute before braising.炖之前先把肉在沸水中焯一分钟。
- blanch with fear
- 吓得脸色发白
- She blanched with fear at the sudden shout.那突然的一声喊叫把她吓得脸色发白。
- blanch celery
- 遮光使芹菜变白
- Gardeners blanch celery by covering the stalks with soil.园丁用土覆盖芹菜茎,通过遮光使其变白。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
别忘 blan- 像“白”的开头,吓白脸色、烫白蔬菜,都是 blan 一白到底。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:cooking/food preparation、facial pallor (fear, cold)、gardening blanch 比较常见于烹饪场景,指把蔬菜等放入沸水短暂焯烫;也可指人或物变白,例如脸色因恐惧或寒冷而变白,或进行漂白/遮光处理。烹饪义多出现在菜谱和烹饪指导中,变白义则多用于书面描写或日常描述。两种用语的正式程度会随语境变化,整体上可视为混合语域。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 blanch 押韵(/ɑːntʃ/):branch、ranch。注意拼写相似的 launch /lɔːntʃ/ 和 French /frɛntʃ/ 读音不同,并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.