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whiten

/hwahyt-n, wahyt-n/US // ˈʰwaɪt n, ˈwaɪt n //UK // (ˈwaɪtən) //

增白,白化,漂白,美白

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to make or become white.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It's 'supposed' to whiten your teeth and pull the toxins out of your body.

  • Very carefully and cleverly she began to whiten her face, to touch up her eyes and her narrow, definite eyebrows.

  • To this a man whose hair is beginning to whiten, replies, "A graceful compliment to you, madame!"

  • His calm, classic features began to whiten (and sharpen) in the frosty moonlight.

  • There was just enough snow to whiten the ground, but none to spare.

  • These, together with the asphodels, which literally whiten the ground, indicate the neighbourhood of the sea.