Word · Frequency #475
white
/waɪt/
verb
使变白；漂白
make something white; whiten or bleach
- 1.
To make white; to whiten; to bleach.
使变白；增白；漂白。
使变白；增白；漂白。
In use
She whited the bathroom tiles with a fresh coat of paint.
We plan to white the living room walls before the guests arrive.
He is whiting the old cupboard to match the new kitchen.
Verb forms
base white · third person whites · -ing whiting · past whited · past participle whited
Connections
Collocations
- white out
- 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。
- whited sepulchre
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- white lie
- 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。
- white elephant
- 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。
- white as a sheet
- 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。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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