verb🔗Share漂白するTo treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair)."She is bleaching her old jeans to give them a lighter, more fashionable look. "彼女は古いジーンズを漂白して、より明るく、よりファッショナブルな外観にしています。chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share漂白する, 白くするTo be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example)."The sun was bleaching the red paint on the old barn, making it look faded. "太陽は古い納屋の赤いペンキを漂白し、色あせたように見せていた。appearancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share白化、色あせ(of corals) to lose color due to stress-induced expulsion of symbiotic unicellular algae."Once coral bleaching begins, corals tend to continue to bleach even if the stressor is removed."サンゴの白化が始まると、ストレス要因が取り除かれても、サンゴは白化し続ける傾向があります。environmentbiologyecologyoceananimalorganismcolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share無意味にする, 空にするTo make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"意味を失った言葉が、発話行為粒子になった。abstractphilosophymindlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share漂白The process of removing stains or of whitening fabrics, especially by the use of chemical agents."The bleaching of my white shirt removed the coffee stain completely. "白いシャツの漂白でコーヒーの染みがすっかり落ちました。processchemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share脱落, 除去The loss or removal of part of the (semantic, grammatical, etc) content or a word or morpheme."Here is a sentence illustrating the "bleaching" of a word, using a simple, clear example: "The bleaching of the word 'literally' to mean 'figuratively' annoys many traditional grammar users." "languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading