Word · Frequency #475
white
白色；白
The color of snow or milk; the lightest achromatic color.
- 1.
The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.
雪或牛奶的颜色；含有所有可见波长等量光的颜色。
- 2.
The player moving the white pieces.
使用白棋的棋手
- 3.
a member of the Caucasoid race
高加索人种成员
- 4.
A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
肤色浅的欧洲血统的人。
- 5.
the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
最亮的无色状态(与黑色最不相似)
- 6.
Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.
粉蝶科中亚科Pierinae的任何蝴蝶。
- 7.
United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921)
美国法官,1910年由塔夫脱总统任命为美国最高法院首席大法官；以反垄断立法工作著称(1845-1921)
- 8.
White wine.
白葡萄酒。
- 9.
White coffee
白咖啡。
- 10.
Any object or substance that is of the color white.
任何呈白色的物体或物质。
- 11.
The central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.
靶的中心部分,旧时涂成白色,为射击目标中心。
- 12.
The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.
字母的封闭部分,尤指手写字母中的。
- 13.
A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.
雄鸵鸟翼上颜色最浅的羽毛。
- 14.
The person playing with the white set of pieces.
执白棋的一方。
白人；白种人；白色物体；白色物质；执白棋者；白方；白葡萄酒；加奶咖啡；牛奶咖啡
In use
White is the color of fresh snow and milk.
The kitchen walls were painted in white.
She wore white to the summer wedding.
Connections
Collocations
- pure white
- 纯白色
- The bride's dress was pure white.新娘的裙子是纯白色的。
- off-white
- 米白色
- The walls are painted off-white.墙壁被漆成了米白色。
- brilliant white
- 亮白色
- The snow reflected a brilliant white.雪反射出亮白色。
- working-class whites
- 工薪阶层白人
- The policy affected working-class whites the most.这项政策对工薪阶层白人影响最大。
- native-born whites
- 本土出生的白人
- Native-born whites often have different views on immigration.本土出生的白人对移民的看法往往不同。
- affluent whites
Learner notes
Memory Tip
白色'white'谐音'外特'，想象外面特别白。
Context & Register
颜色描述，中性，多用于日常交流。
Grammar Note
白 (名词) 可作可数名词(指人种)或不可数名词(指颜色)
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with /aɪt/. Note that 'light' and 'night' are spelled with 'ight' but sound the same. Beware of lookalikes like 'with' (/wɪθ/), which shares letters but has a different vowel.
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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