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to become white or pale by a chemical process or by the effect of light from the sun; to make something white or pale in this way （使）变白，漂白，晒白，退色 bones of animals bleaching in the sun 在阳光中变白的动物骸骨 - bleach something
His hair was bleached by the sun. 他的头发被太阳晒得发白。 🔊🔊 bleached cotton/paper 漂白棉；漂白纸 The paper is bleached with chlorine. 纸用氯漂白。 - bleach something + adj.
She bleached her hair blonde. 她把头发染成了金黄色。 🔊🔊
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBleach is used with these nouns as the object:- hair
Word OriginOld English blǣcan (verb), blǣce (noun), from blǣc ‘pale’, of Germanic origin; related to bleak.