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。
• Germany whitewashed Ecuador 3-0 to top Group A at the World Cup on Tuesday.
  在周二的世界杯比赛中，德国以3比0大败厄瓜多尔，以小组第一名的身份晋级十六强。
• We walk on past whitewashed cottages and ancient trees just holding on to the last of their leaves.
  我们继续走，穿过许多刷成白色的农舍，古老的树木上仍然依依不舍地挂着几片树叶。
• Around me the splendid Hotel Mirana revolved as a kind of private universe, a whitewashed cosmos within the blue greater one that blazed outside.
  在我周围，华丽的米拉娜饭店象一个私有宇宙旋转着，象一个粉白白的宇宙体嵌在更大的、在外围熠熠闪光的蓝宇宙中。
• 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。
• The whole affair has been whitewashed.
  整个事件都被粉饰过了。
• 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。
• The walls were whitewashed as white as milk.
  墙壁粉刷得像牛奶一般洁白。
• Whitewashed and ruddled, they seem to be wearing masks.
  刷白涂红以后，他们像戴上了面具。
• The walls had been whitewashed.
  墙已经用石灰水刷过了。