blanch

1. V-I If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale. 突然變蒼白

Simon's face blanched as he looked at Sharpe's blood-drenched uniform. 當(dāng)西蒙看見(jiàn)夏普被血浸透的制服時(shí)，臉一下子就白了。

2. V-I If you say that someone blanches at something, you mean that they find it unpleasant and do not want to be involved with it. 感到很不安

Everything he had said had been a mistake. He blanched at his miscalculations. 他所說(shuō)過(guò)的一切都是錯(cuò)的。他對(duì)自己的失算感到懊惱不已。