white out
collocation用涂改液涂掉;抹掉
She whited out the mistake on the form.
她用涂改液涂掉了表格上的错误。
使变白;漂白
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使变白;漂白
make something white; whiten or bleach
She whited the bathroom tiles with a fresh coat of paint.
她用新漆把浴室瓷砖刷白了。
使变白;增白;漂白。
To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
white
Base
原形
whites
3rd person
第三人称单数
whiting
-ing
现在分词
whited
Past
过去式
whited
Past participle
过去分词
She whites the walls every spring.
她每年春天把墙壁刷白。
They whited the fence yesterday.
他们昨天把篱笆刷白了。
He is whiting the ceiling now.
他正在把天花板刷白。
We plan to white the living room walls before the guests arrive.
我们打算在客人到来之前把客厅墙壁刷白。
He is whiting the old cupboard to match the new kitchen.
他正在把旧碗柜刷白,以搭配新厨房。
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用涂改液涂掉;抹掉
She whited out the mistake on the form.
她用涂改液涂掉了表格上的错误。
伪君子;伪善者
The journalist described the corrupt official as a whited sepulchre.
记者称那个腐败官员为伪君子。
善意的谎言
She told a white lie to protect his feelings.
她说了一个善意的谎言来保护他的感受。
昂贵而无用的东西
That new building is a white elephant; it costs too much to maintain.
那座新大楼是个昂贵的累赘,维修费用太高了。
脸色苍白
When she heard the news, her face went white as a sheet.
她听到消息时,脸色变得像纸一样苍白。
你们好像粉饰的坟墓,外面好看,里面却装满了死人的骨头。
This is from the King James Bible (Matthew 23:27), where Jesus criticizes hypocrites for looking good on the outside while being corrupt inside.
这句话出自英王钦定版圣经(马太福音23:27),耶稣批评伪善者外表好看,内心却腐败不堪。
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记住动词 white 就是“使变白”:white 本身是白色,作动词就像给物体刷上一层白漆,让它变成白色。
语域:formal 常见场景:literary works、formal writing white 作动词表示“使变白/漂白”时比较少见,通常用于正式或文学性表达;日常口语中更常说 whiten 或 bleach。
These all rhyme with white (/waɪt/): their stressed vowel and following sounds are /aɪt/. Be careful with lookalikes like wit or whit, which are spelled similarly but pronounced /wɪt/ and do not rhyme.
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