whitewash

英 ['waɪtwɒʃ] 美 ['waɪtwɑːʃ]

• n. 白色涂料；粉饰；惨败
• v. 用白色涂料粉刷；掩盖；粉饰；彻底击败

英英释义

Noun:

1. a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

2. wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces

3. a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects

Verb:

1. cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error;

   "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"
   "She tried to gloss over her mistakes"
   

2. cover with whitewash;

   "whitewash walls"
   

3. exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. That whole affair was a whitewash.
   那整个事件都是文过饰非。
2. The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash.
   反对党认为这份报告过于修饰而不予理会。

用作动词 (v.)

1. You should whitewash the door of your hall.
   你应当粉刷你大厅的门。
2. His wife wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
   他妻子在他死后想粉饰他的名声。
3. Their leading players were whitewashed 4-0.
   他们的主力队员被4比0彻底击败。

经典引文

• The floor is reddled; the walls white-washed.

  出自： G. M. Woodward

• Workmen..repairing, painting, and white-washing.

  出自： absol.

近反义词

【近义词】

• distemper 刷墙水粉
• lime 石灰
• whitening 弄白
• defeat 挫败
• rout 彻底溃败
• cover-up 掩饰
• deception 骗局
• decorate 装饰
• cover 封面
• smear 涂抹
• misrepresent 误称
• cover up 掩盖
• trounce 痛打
• beat 打
• chalk 粉笔
• varnish 油漆
• embellish 美化、装饰或修饰...
• hush up 防止 ... 张扬出去...
• gloss over 给以光滑的表面...