whitewash
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈwaɪt.wɒʃ]
- 美式音标 [ˈwaɪt.wɑːʃ]
- 国际音标 ['hwaitwɔʃ, -wɔ:ʃ]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.白色塗料;粉飾;慘敗
- v.用白色塗料粉刷;掩蓋;粉飾;徹底擊敗
英汉例句
- The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反對派聲稱這份報告文過飾非。 - They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他們力圖粉飾自己. - What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所說的是一大堆粉飾之詞. - The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
反對派聲稱這份報告文過飾非。 - He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation.
他保証將不會有任何掩飾,竝且警方將進行全麪調查。
词组短语
- to whitewash 粉飾
- whitewash transaction 清洗交易
- whitewash document 清洗交易文件
- whitewash h 粉飾;粉刷;白色珖
- whitewash brush 白灰刷帚
短語
英英字典
- (PAINT) a white liquid that is a mixture of lime or powdered chalk and water, used for making walls or ceilings white
- (ATTEMPT TO HIDE) an attempt to stop people finding out the true facts about a situation
- (DEFEAT) a complete defeat in a game or competition
- (HIDE) to make something bad seem acceptable by hiding the truth
- (DEFEAT) to defeat a player or team completely, especially while preventing them from scoring any points
- (PAINT) to paint walls or buildings using whitewash
- Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.
- If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.
- If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.
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专业释义
- 白塗料
- 白色塗料
- 刷白料
- 白灰水
- 白堊灰漿
- 石灰水
- 白灰粉飾
- 徹底擊敗對手
- 粉飾