blanch, leached, peel away

Colorless Food? We Blanch

On either side of the road stretches a leached landscape under a leaden sky. The air is too dry for more than a light dusting of snow.





Two armed thieves escape on a motorbike after a daring jewellery raid in Manchester city centre. As the men peel away, several members of the public give chase. Warning: strong language.

Phrasal verbs

peel off

1

Leave a formation or group by veering away:the pace was much too hot for Beris, and he peeled off after five laps

peel out

2

North American informal Leave quickly:he peeled out down the street

Line breaks: leach

Pronunciation: /liːtʃ /

Definition of leach in English:

VERB

[WITH ADVERBIAL OF DIRECTION]

1(With reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater:[WITH OBJECT]: the nutrient is quickly leached away[NO OBJECT]: pesticides and fertilizers that leach into rivers

1.1 [WITH OBJECT] Subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leachingprocess:

ash is readily leached

Origin

Old English leccan 'to water', of West Germanic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.

blanch

Line breaks: blanch

Pronunciation: /blɑːn(t)ʃ /

Definition of blanch in English:

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Make white or pale by extracting colour:the cold light blanched her face

MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCESSYNONYMS

1.1Whiten (a plant) by depriving it of light:blanch endive by covering plants with largeflowerpots

2 [NO OBJECT] Flinch or grow pale from shock, fear, or asimilar emotion:

he visibly blanched at this reminder of mortality

3 Prepare (vegetables) for freezing or further cookingby immersing briefly in boiling water:

blanch corn in boiling water for one minute

3.1(often as adjective blanched) Peel (almonds) by scalding them:blanched almonds

Origin

Middle English: from Old French blanchir, from blanc'white', ultimately of Germanic origin.

[動](他)

1 〈果実・野菜に〉熱湯を通す, …を湯がく.

2 〈葉・茎などを〉（光をさえぎって）白く育てる.

3 …を漂白する, 白くする

blanch sheets
シーツを漂白する

Old age blanchs hair.
年をとると髪が白くなる.

4 〈病気・恐怖などが〉〈顔などを〉青白くする.

━━(自)白くなる；（…に）青ざめる((at ...；with ...))

She blanched at the bad news.
その悪い知らせに青くなった.

blanch ... over/blanch over ...

〈過失などを〉つくろってごまかす.

［中フランス語blanchir（blanc白い＋-ir使役の動詞語尾＝白くする）. △BLANK, BLEACH, BLEAK］

blanch・er

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