whitewash

英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃ]

美 [ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ]

n.  (粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料; 粉饰; 掩盖; (在体育比赛中接连击败对手的)全胜，完胜
v.  粉刷(墙壁等); 刷石灰水; 掩饰; 粉饰; (在系列比赛中)完全击败，完胜

过去分词：whitewashed　过去式：whitewashed　现在分词：whitewashing　复数：whitewashes　第三人称单数：whitewashes　

CET4CET6考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.19320 / COCA.20142

牛津词典

noun

• （粉刷用的）石灰水，白涂料
  a mixture of chalk or lime and water, used for painting houses and walls white
• 粉饰；掩盖
  an attempt to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth
  1. The opposition claimed the report was a whitewash.
     反对派声称这份报告文过饰非。
• （在体育比赛中接连击败对手的）全胜，完胜
  (in sport) a victory in every game in a series
  1. a 7–0 whitewash
     7:0全胜
  2. a whitewash victory
     大获全胜

verb

• 粉刷（墙壁等）；刷石灰水
  to cover sth such as a wall with whitewash
• 掩饰；粉饰
  to try to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth; to try to make sth seem better than it is
  1. His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died.
     他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
• （在系列比赛中）完全击败，完胜
  to defeat an opponent in every game in a series

柯林斯词典

• (粉刷用的)石灰水，白涂料
  Whitewashis a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white.
• VERB 用石灰水粉刷
  If a wall or buildinghas been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.
  1. The walls had been whitewashed.
     墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
  2. ...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
     一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇
• VERB 粉饰;掩饰
  If you say that peoplewhitewashsomething, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable.
  1. The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...
     政府在粉饰该政权的行为。
  2. 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
     “整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。
• N-UNCOUNT 粉饰;掩饰
  Whitewashis an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.
  1. He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation...
     他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。
  2. The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.
     这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。
• VERB 轻易战胜；使（对手）得零分
  In sports, if a player or teamwhitewashesan opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all.
  1. Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...
     自1988年以来她还从未在开场赛中让对手吃过鸭蛋。
  2. Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
     他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。

英英释义

noun

• a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
• wash consisting of lime and size in water
• a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score

verb

• exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
• cover with whitewash
  1. whitewash walls
• cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
  1. Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
  2. She tried to gloss over her mistakes
  Synonym:gloss oversleek overhush up

双语例句

• It's time to whitewash the basement walls again.
  该把地下室的墙壁重新粉刷一下了。
• Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
  他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。
• 'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.
  “整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。
• What he said was a load of whitewash.
  他所说的是一大堆粉饰之词。
• While no large banks failed, the tests did not appear to be a whitewash either, they said.
  他们说，尽管没有大型银行未通过测试，但测试中似乎也没有掩盖问题。
• The commission's report has been denounced as a whitewash.
  委员会的报告被指责掩盖真相。
• We have~ d a building firm to whitewash our office block.
  我们已雇用了一家建筑公司粉刷我们的办公大楼。
• Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush.
  汤姆出现在人行道上，一只手拎着一桶灰浆，另一只手拿着一把长柄刷子。
• To paint or coat with or as if with whitewash. used to coat outer walls and line chimneys.
  用于涂抹墙壁和烟道。
• The president wanted to whitewash all that he did during the war.
  总统想粉饰他在这场战争期间所做的一切。