whitewash
美音:
[´waıt´wɔʃ
]英音:
[´waıt´wɔʃ
]n.石灰水,白色涂料,白粉胶泥水,涂脂抹粉 vt.用石灰水把...刷白
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whitewash为六级词汇
词形变化:
名词:whitewasher 动词过去式:whitewashed 过去分词:whitewashed 现在分词:whitewashing 第三人称单数:whitewashes
近义词, 同义词
whitewash
n
1 [U] powdered lime or chalk mixed with water, used for painting (粉刷用的)石灰水.
2 [C, U] (fig 比喻) (process of) hiding sb's errors, faults, etc 粉饰; 掩饰
*The opposition dismissed the report as a whitewash. 反对党认为这份报告文过饰非不予理会. v [Tn]
1 put whitewash on (a wall, etc) 粉刷(墙壁等)
*whitewash the outside of the cottage 粉刷农舍的外墙.
2 try to make (sb, sb's reputation, etc) appear blameless by hiding errors, faults, etc 为(某人、某人的名誉等)涂脂抹粉.
1. Boys arrived every little while; they came to mock, but remained to whitewash. 男孩子们陆陆续续都来了;他们来时带着讥讽,但最后都留下来粉刷栅栏。
2. Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. 汤姆提着一桶刷墙浆,拿着一根长柄刷,出现在人行道上。
3. He had had a nice time all the while, and the fence had three coats of whitewash on it. 他始终过得很愉快,而栅栏被粉刷上了三层浆。
4. "Like it? Well, I don´t see why I shouldn´t like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?" “喜欢?我不知道我为什么不喜欢干这活。每个男孩子每天都有机会粉刷篱笆栅栏吗?”
5. "Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little." “我说,汤姆,让我刷一会儿。”
6. If you started to whitewash this fence, and anything went wrong — " 如果你来粉刷这段栅栏,万一搞不好——”
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