whitewashed

英 [ˈwaɪtwɒʃt]

美 [ˈwaɪtwɑːʃt]

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
whitewash的过去分词和过去式

过去式：whitewashed　过去分词：whitewashed　

BNC.23947 / COCA.20840

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

adj

• coated with whitewash
  1. miles of whitewashed fences

双语例句

• '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。
• Miles of whitewashed fences.
  绵延几英里的白色栅栏。
• They lived in an old whitewashed converted farmhouse.
  他们住在一座经粉刷并改建过的农庄旧宅内。
• Within was a large whitewashed room, with a bed draped in printed cotton stuff.
  那是一大间用灰浆刷白了的屋子，里面有一张床，床上铺着印花棉布的床单。
• Here under his feet would rise a house of whitewashed brick.
  在这儿，在他脚下，一幢刷白的砖房将拔地而起。
• The wall has just been whitewashed.
  墙刚粉过。
• In the residential area below, narrow cobblestone streets are lined with whitewashed houses sporting terracotta roofs.
  城墙下的住宅区，窄小的鹅卵石铺成的街道两旁是石灰粉刷、陶瓦盖顶的房屋。
• Built in the 1960s, it incorporates Modernist and traditional Moroccan features including large, metal-framed floor-to-ceiling windows, whitewashed stucco walls, giant crenellated horseshoe arches and checkerboard-marble floors.
  别墅建于20世纪60年代，结合了现代与传统摩洛哥特色，包括金属框架的落地玻璃大窗、粉刷灰泥墙、带有雉堞的马蹄形巨大拱门和棋盘图案的大理石地板。
• The whole affair has been whitewashed.
  整个事件都被粉饰过了。
• Who are the barbarians who put footprints on whitewashed walls, who throw chewing gum and cigarette butts on the stairs, who spit and even blow their nose on the floor?
  那些把脚印留在粉刷得白白的墙上、把嚼过的口香糖和烟蒂扔到楼梯上、把痰吐到甚至把鼻涕擤到地板上的野蛮人是谁呢？