transcription, транскрипция: [ blɑ:ntʃ, blæntʃ ]
( blanches, blanching, blanched)
1.
If you blanch , you suddenly become very pale.
His face blanched as he looked at Sharpe’s blood-drenched uniform...
She felt herself blanch at the unpleasant memories.
VERB : V , V at n
2.
If you say that someone blanches at something, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it.
Everything he had said had been a mistake. He blanched at his miscalculations...
VERB : V at n
3.
If you blanch vegetables, fruit, or nuts, you put them into boiling water for a short time, usually in order to remove their skins, or to prepare them for freezing.
Skin the peaches by blanching them.
VERB : V n