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etiolated

/ee-tee-uh-leyt/US // ˈi ti əˌleɪt //UK // (ˈiːtɪəʊˌleɪt) //

枯萎的,蜕变,蜕变的,蜕皮的

Related Words

blanch焯水,焯气,愠怒,焯水后wan万,婉儿,婉exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的sicken使生病,使人作呕,患病,病倒whiten增白,白化,漂白,美白fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的bleach漂白剂,漂白水,漂白,漂白液diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱enervate督促,窒息,灌输,灌注pale苍白,苍白的,浅色,淡淡的

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing.

    • : to cause to whiten or grow pale by excluding light: to etiolate celery.
    • : to cause to become weakened or sickly; drain of color or vigor.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    e·ti·o·lat·ed, e·ti·o·lat·ing.

    • : to whiten or grow pale through lack of light.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbweaken
Synonyms
blanch焯水,焯气,愠怒,焯水后bleach漂白剂,漂白水,漂白,漂白液diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱enervate督促,窒息,灌输,灌注exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风fade褪色,衰落,渐渐地,褪色的faint微弱的,淡淡的,晕眩的,晕倒的pale苍白,苍白的,浅色,淡淡的sicken使生病,使人作呕,患病,病倒wan万,婉儿,婉whiten增白,白化,漂白,美白

Examples

  • Pauline surrendered, and they went across the etiolated lawn towards the entrance.

  • The undergrowth was green, but in the etiolated way of plants which have little light, though that may have been my fancy.

  • Because of this fact, magnesium-starvation produces etiolated plants, which cannot function normally.

  • It can thus develop its personality so that it does not become etiolated and atrophied like a domestic animal.

  • His voice was hollow, etiolated like a flower grown in darkness.

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