whitewash
['waitwɔʃ]
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
例句与用法:
I'll have my little house whitewashed tomorrow.
明天我找人用石灰水粉刷一下小屋。
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。
词形变化:
名词: whitewasher | 动词过去式: whitewashed | 动词过去分词: whitewashed | 动词现在分词: whitewashing | 动词第三人称单数: whitewashes |
详细释义:
n.
1. 白涂料, 石灰水[U]
2. 粉饰; 掩盖真相[C][U]
The official report on the Kennedy assassination was whitewash.
肯尼迪谋杀案的官方报导是掩饰之辞。
What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所说的是一大堆掩盖真相的话。
That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。
3. (比赛以零分)惨败
vt.
1. 涂白, 粉刷
2. 粉饰; 掩饰
They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他们力图粉饰自己。
3. 彻底击败(对手)