Whiten

(verb.) turn white; 'This detergent will whiten your laundry'.

手打:奈杰尔

• She was but thirty at the time of her death, and yet her hair had already begun to whiten, even as mine has. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The bones of his gallant army have whitened the sands of Palestine. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Silk, lace, and wool when bleached with chlorine become hard and brittle, but when whitened with sulphurous acid, they retain their natural characteristics. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• That this solution has bleaching properties is shown by the fact that a colored cloth dipped into it loses its color, and unbleached fabrics immersed in it are whitened. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• For three days the snow fell, ice stopped the current of the rivers, and the birds flew out from crackling branches of the frost-whitened trees. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Finally the pin was straightened and blanched or whitened. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Guppy looks into the shade in all directions, discovering everywhere a certain charred and whitened little heap of coal or wood. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Long in the legs, yielding at the knees, foolish in the face, flannel-jacketed, lime-whitened. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The whitening is done by boiling the pins in a large copper kettle, which also contains layers of grained tin and a solution of argol or bitartrate of potash. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I was encouraged by nothing, mother, but by looking at the red sparks dropping out of the fire, and whitening and dying. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• A general whitening of the skin is produced by this lotion without any irritation. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

手打:丽贝卡