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whitewash
  • 英语发声
  • 美语发声
  • n. 粉饰;白色涂料;石灰水
  • vt. 掩饰;把…刷白
  • 网络释义

    1、粉刷
    whitewash:粉刷;粉饰;掩饰(引申意) ..
    2、[建]石灰水
    ... whiteruss液体石蜡 whitewash石灰水;白粉胶;白涂料 whiting变白现象 ...
    3、粉饰
    ...华人论文网 关键词: 上市公司 财务报告 粉饰 经济后果 [gap=1026]Key words: listed company; financial report; whitewash ;economic consequences ...
    4、掩饰
    whitewash:粉刷;粉饰;掩饰(引申意) ..

    短语

    to whitewash粉饰

    whitewash transaction清洗交易

    whitewash document清洗交易文件

    whitewash h粉饰;粉刷;白色珖

    whitewash brush白灰刷帚

    trunk whitewash树干刷白

    whitewash gypsum粉刷石膏

    专业释义

    材料科学
    • 白涂料
      白色涂料
      刷白料
    土木建筑工程
    • 白灰水
      白垩灰浆
      石灰水
      白灰粉饰
    体育
    • 彻底击败对手
    新闻学与传播学
    • 粉饰

    英英释义

    whitewash [ 'hwaitwɔʃ, -wɔ:ʃ ]

    n.
      a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects v.
        cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error

        "Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin"

        同义词:gloss oversleek overhush up

        cover with whitewash

        "whitewash walls"

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



    英汉双解大词典

    whitewash /ˈwaɪtˌwɒʃ/ star1 TEM8 (whitewashing,whitewashed,whitewashes)

    • 1.  

      N-UNCOUNT(不可数名词) Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white. (将墙壁刷成白色的) 石灰水

    • 2.  

      V-T(及物动词) If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash. (用石灰水) 刷白

      例:

      The walls had been whitewashed.

      墙壁被粉刷成白色。

    • 3.  

      V-T(及物动词) 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. 粉饰[表不满]

      例:

      The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions.

      政府正在粉饰该政权的行为。