whitewasher

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
whitewasher whitewashed whitewashed whitewashing whitewashes
  • chert n.黑矽石；角岩；燧石
  • white adj.白色的；纯洁的；白种的；加牛奶的n.白色；白种人

详细释义

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

双语例句

    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。

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