bleach

柯林斯词典

1. V-T If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour. 漂白; 使脫色
These products don't bleach the hair. 這些産品不會使頭發脫色。
...bleached pine tables. …褪色的松木桌。
2. V-T/V-I If the sun bleaches something, or something bleaches, its colour gets paler until it is almost white. 曬白; 逐漸變白
The tree's roots are stripped and hung to season and bleach. 這些樹根被剝去皮竝掛起來風乾曬白。
He has hair which is naturally black but which has been bleached by the sun. 他有著一頭天生的黑發，但已經被太陽曬得變淡了。
3. N-MASS Bleach is a chemical that is used to make cloth white, or to clean things thoroughly and kill germs. 漂白劑