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whitening

/hwahyt-n-ing, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪt n ɪŋ, ˈwaɪt- //

白化,白皙

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a preparation for making something white; whiting.
    • : the act or process of making or turning white.

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Examples

  • It was during the construction of the Argentine nation that this whitening became law and policy.

  • A comprehensive skin-care routine, whitening eye drops, lip balm, concealer, and a bronzing gel.

  • Do you turn on the TV and see ads for whitening toothpaste and fluffy toilet paper, and think, everything here is so trivial here?

  • The fumes of the sulphur have the effect of destroying the color, or whitening the straw.

  • The humor kindled in the little man's brown eyes, and his fingers played with his whitening red beard.

  • On the cluster of violets at her bosom powder had fallen, whitening them; in her high-dressed hair were pearls.

  • He hurried up the hillside that was rapidly whitening with snow and saw the vein.

  • Mercer listened with whitening face while Anina told him all this as best she could.