whitewash
- IPA[ˈ(h)wītˌwôSH]
美式
- a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.；a deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name
- paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash；deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about (someone or something)
verb: whitewash, 3rd person present: whitewashes, gerund or present participle: whitewashing, past tense: whitewashed, past participle: whitewashed
noun: whitewash, plural noun: whitewashes
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名詞
- 1. a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
- 2. a deliberate concealment of someone's mistakes or faults in order to clear their name the opposition called the report “a whitewash”
- 3. informal a victory in a game in which the loser scores no points the Lions went downhill to a 4–0 whitewash
動詞
- 1. paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash the brick walls have been whitewashed
- 2. deliberately attempt to conceal unpleasant or incriminating facts about (someone or something) most sources prefer to ignore or whitewash the most disturbing aspect of such reports there have been efforts to whitewash the minister's grim record
- 3. informal defeat (an opponent), keeping them from scoring.
- (of a wall, building, or room) painted with whitewash: the town is a pretty jumble of low whitewashed houses tumbling down to a golden beach dark wood furniture and beamed ceilings offset the whitewashed walls
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a wall, building, or room) painted with whitewash: the town is a pretty jumble of low whitewashed houses tumbling down to a golden beach dark wood furniture and beamed ceilings offset the whitewashed walls
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈwʌɪtwɒʃ]
英式
- a solution of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for painting walls white.
- paint (a wall, building, or room) with whitewash: the brick walls have been whitewashed
Oxford Dictionary
