whitener.
/hwahyt-n-er, wahyt-/US // ˈʰwaɪt n ər, ˈwaɪt- //UK // (ˈwaɪtənə) //
增白剂,美白剂,发白剂,美化剂
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›a preparation for making something white, as a bleach, dye, or polish: a bottle of shoe whitener.
- ›a person or thing that whitens.
- ›a person who applies whitener, as in a manufacturing process.
Examples
One 2019 study even links the whiteners found in toilet tissue with a rise in cancer incidents in Ghana.
It is also used as a whitener in some toothpastes, and as a common household cleaning agent.
Lime is the main whitener, and some of it clings to the wool after the process.
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