bluing

• 名词，指用于使衣物或头发通过添加淡蓝色调而显得更白净的物质（如蓝粉、蓝色漂白剂），也指使某物变蓝或呈淡蓝色的过程。

A noun referring to a substance used to whiten laundry or hair by adding a bluish tinge, or to a process that makes something blue or bluish.

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1. Laundry additiveB2formal

   A blue substance added to laundry during washing to counteract yellowing and make whites appear brighter.

   蓝衣剂

   • She added a capful of bluing to the wash cycle.
   • Bluing is often used to restore the brightness of white shirts.
   • Grandma always used bluing to keep her linens looking crisp.

   同义词blueing

2. Coloring processC1formal

   The act or process of making something blue or giving it a bluish tint.

   蓝化

   • The bluing of the steel gave it a protective finish.
   • Artists sometimes use bluing to achieve a specific shade in their work.
   • The bluing of the fabric was done using natural indigo dyes.

   同义词blueing

• 使某物变成蓝色，或变成蓝色，或用蓝色物质处理。

A verb meaning to make or become blue in color, or to treat with a blue substance.

1. Make blueB2formal

   To make something blue in color.

   使变蓝

   • The dyer blued the fabric using indigo.
   • She blued her hair for the party.
   • The artist blued the sky in the painting.

   同义词azure

2. Spend money wastefullyC1informalbritish

   To spend money recklessly or wastefully.

   挥霍

   • He blued his entire paycheck on gambling.
   • She blued her savings on a luxury vacation.
   • They blued the inheritance on fast cars and parties.

   同义词blowdissipatefritter awaymisspendsquanderthrow awaywaste

   反义词economizehoardsave