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peroxide

noun

🔊/pəˈrɒksaɪd/

🔊/pəˈrɑːksaɪd/

(also hydrogen peroxide)

[uncountable]

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a clear liquid used to kill bacteria and to bleach hair (= make it lighter)过氧化物；过氧化氢；双氧水
- a woman with peroxide blonde hair漂染金发的女子
Topics Appearancec2
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from per- + oxide.