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)