verb🔗Share漂白，褪色 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. "她正在漂白她的旧牛仔裤，想让它们颜色变浅一些，看起来更时髦。chemistrymaterialsubstanceprocessappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share漂白，褪色 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. "阳光正在漂白老谷仓上的红色油漆，使其看起来褪色了。appearancechemistrymaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share珊瑚白化，脱色。 (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."一旦珊瑚开始白化，即使导致白化的压力源消失，珊瑚通常还会继续脱色。environmentbiologyecologyoceananimalorganismcolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使空洞化，使失去意义。 To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty."semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles"语义空洞化，变得像语用助词一样的词语。abstractphilosophymindlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share漂白，脱色。 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. "我这件白衬衫经过漂白，咖啡渍彻底消失了。processchemistrysubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share语义弱化，意义消退。 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." "“Literally”一词意义“语义弱化”，甚至用来表示“figuratively”，让许多遵循传统语法的用户感到恼火，这个例子就说明了词语的“语义消退”。languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
