English Dictionary

bleach

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 前置詞句 比喩的用法

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair). / (intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

日本語の意味

（他動詞）漂白剤を用いて、布や紙などを白くしたり、髪の色を明るくしたりすること。 / （自動詞）漂白される、または日光などにより色が抜けて白くなること。

Before the reunion, she decided to bleach the old tablecloth to restore its original whiteness.

再会の前に、彼女は古いテーブルクロスを漂白して元の白さを取り戻すことにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To treat with bleach, especially so as to whiten (fabric, paper, etc.) or lighten (hair).

Candifacio, to make whyte, to bleache, to make to glowe lyke a burnyng cole.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be whitened or lightened (by the sun, for example).

The white sheet bleaching on the hedge, With heigh! the sweet birds, O, how they sing!

意味（3）

(intransitive, biology, 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.

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To make meaningless; to divest of meaning; to make empty.

semantically bleached words that have become illocutionary particles

bleaches （ present singular third-person ）

bleaching （ participle present ）

bleached （ participle past ）

bleached （ past ）