etiolate

v [Tn] 1 (botany 植) make (a plant) pale through lack of light 使(植物)因缺乏日光而变白: an etiolated seedling 发黄的幼苗. 2 (fml 文) cause (sb) to become pale and weak 使(某人)苍白衰弱: an etiolated adolescent 面黄肌瘦的少年 * (fig 比喻) an etiolated society 颓废的社会.


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