whiten 音标拼音: [w'ɑɪtən] [hw'ɑɪtən]
vt . 使白,漂白
vi . 变白
使白,漂白变白
whiten v 1 :
turn white ; "
This detergent will whiten your laundry " [
synonym :
{
whiten }, {
white }] [
ant : {
black }, {
blacken }, {
melanise },
{
melanize }, {
nigrify }]
Whiten \
Whit "
en \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Whitened };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Whitening }.] [
OE .
whitenen ;
cf .
Icel .
hv [
imac ]
tna .]
To grow white ;
to turn or become white or whiter ;
as ,
the hair whitens with age ;
the sea whitens with foam ;
the trees in spring whiten with blossoms .
[
1913 Webster ]
Whiten \
Whit "
en \,
v .
t .
To make white ;
to bleach ;
to blanch ;
to whitewash ;
as ,
to whiten a wall ;
to whiten cloth .
[
1913 Webster ]
The broad stream of the Foyle then whitened by vast flocks of wild swans . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
See {
Blanch }.
[
1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
whiten ":
achromatize ,
besnow ,
blanch ,
bleach ,
bleach out ,
blench ,
blush ,
bowdlerize ,
chalk ,
change color ,
clean ,
clean out ,
clean up ,
cleanse ,
clear out ,
color ,
crimson ,
darken ,
decolor ,
decolorize ,
delouse ,
depurate ,
deterge ,
dim ,
discolor ,
drain ,
drain of color ,
dry -
clean ,
dull ,
dust ,
dust off ,
etiolate ,
expurgate ,
extenuate ,
fade ,
fade out ,
flush ,
freshen ,
frost ,
fume ,
gloss over ,
glow ,
grizzle ,
grow pale ,
lighten ,
look black ,
lose color ,
lustrate ,
mantle ,
pale ,
peroxide ,
purge ,
purify ,
redden ,
reform ,
scavenge ,
silver ,
spruce ,
steam -
clean ,
sugarcoat ,
sweep out ,
sweeten ,
tarnish ,
tidy ,
tone down ,
turn color ,
turn pale ,
turn red ,
turn white ,
varnish ,
veneer ,
wan ,
wash out ,
white ,
whitewash ,
wipe ,
wipe off ,
wipe out ,
wipe up
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