bleaching [
'blitʃɪŋ]
- The act of bleaching.
漂白漂白的行为 - I saw some bones bleaching on the battlefield.
我看见战场上一些泛白的尸骸。 - She bleached the stains out(of her clothes).
她用漂白粉把衣服上的污渍除掉了。
Bleach \Bleach\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bleached}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Bleaching}.] [OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS.
bl[=a]cian, bl?can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw.
bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. bl[=a]c pale.
See {Bleak}, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains,
from; to blanch; to whiten.
The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the
bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action
of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous
acid. --Ure.
Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying
clime. --Smollett.
Bleaching \Bleach"ing\, n.
The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains;
esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents.
--Ure.
{Bleaching powder}, a powder for bleaching, consisting of
chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals.
- And in Texas, a scientist is fashioning melanin-impregnated eyeglasses and contact lenses that protect the eyes from sun damage, and melanin-coated windows that prevent sun bleaching of art works and draperies.
- Dioxin, a byproduct of the bleaching process, is a powerful cause of cancer and birth defects in laboratory animals.
- A preliminary investigation indicated that the chlorine gas escaped from a chemical-sampling line when a bleaching plant in the mill shut down, IP said.
- According to the Canadian study, milk from plastic and glass containers contained only a tenth as many dioxin compounds typical of the bleaching process, or none at all.
- The action was filed on behalf of all individuals who live downstream from pulp mills that use chlorine in their bleaching process.
- And even the core inflation rate, bleaching out the effects of rising oil prices and Saddam Hussein, rose a still substantial 5.2%.
- Sodium chlorate is used as a bleaching agent in the manufacture of certain types of wood pulp.
- Dioxin, which is known to cause cancer and birth defects in lab animals and, in high concetrations, skin disorders in humans, is a byproduct of the chlorine-based bleaching process.
- A series of studies by the EPA and paper industry revealed over the past five years that dioxins are a byproduct of the paper bleaching process and that some amounts of dioxins are transferred to paper products.
- At the time, 51 employees were working in the factory, which manufactures bleaching agents, chlorides and other chemicals.
- 'The industry is having to retreat in some areas, notably CFCs and pulp bleaching.