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 walls had been whitewashed.
  墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
• '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。
• 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。
• You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
  因为你们好像粉饰的坟墓，外面好看，里面却装满了死人的骨头，和一切的污秽。
• The rear of Ezra stowbody's bank was whitewashed.
  埃兹拉斯托博迪银行大楼后墙壁，早已粉刷得雪白锃亮。
• 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。
• When she found the entire fence white-washed, and not only whitewashed but elaborately coated and recoated, and even a streak added to the ground, her astonishment was almost unspeakable.
  当她发现整个墙都已刷过了，不仅刷了而且是刷了一遍又一遍，甚至连地上还抹了一块，她惊讶得无法形容。
• 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。
• Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0.
  他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。
• Behind the ruins the row of whitewashed slave quarters stood silent and deserted under the overhanging trees.
  废墟后面是一排粉刷过的奴隶住房，仍静静地蹲在交抱的大树下，但已经空无人迹。