Word · Frequency #23947
Fully loadedwhitewashed
粉刷过的；涂了白石灰的
coated with whitewash
此义为形容词；作动词 whitewash 的过去式/过去分词时意为“粉饰、掩饰”。
- 1.
Painted with the temporary paint whitewash.
用石灰水粉刷过的。
- 2.
Having had any controversy or potential for scandal removed, ignored or downplayed.
争议或丑闻被消除、忽视或淡化的。
- 3.
Having been subjected to racial whitewashing: made to be or seem more white (Caucasian); for example, having been made to appear whiter via makeup, or by being illustrated in pictures or portrayed in films as white (despite originally or properly being nonwhite).
遭受种族美白处理的:被弄成或显得更像白人(高加索人种)；例如通过化妆使其显得更白,或在图画、电影中被描绘为白人(尽管原本或实际上是非白人)。
用石灰水粉刷过的。；争议或丑闻被消除、忽视或淡化的。；遭受种族美白处理的:被弄成或显得更像白人(高加索人种)；例如通过化妆使其显得更白,或在图画、电影中被描绘为白人(尽管原本或实际上是非白人)。
In use
The whitewashed houses along the coast gleamed under the hot sun.
The fence looked whitewashed from a distance, but closer up the paint was peeling.
The owner wanted the old fence whitewashed before the village festival.
whitewashed + noun
whitewashed 在此作形容词，表示“涂了白石灰的”；也可用于抽象事物，意为“被美化的、被掩饰的”。
The old town is full of whitewashed buildings.
这座老城到处都是涂了白石灰的建筑。
be whitewashed
whitewashed 在此是 whitewash 的过去分词，与 be 构成被动语态，意为“被粉饰、被掩饰”。
The truth was whitewashed in the official account.
真相在官方叙述中被粉饰了。
Common mistakes
We live in a whitewash house.
Connections
Collocations
- whitewashed history
- 被粉饰的历史
- The textbook presents a whitewashed history that ignores the war crimes.这本教科书呈现了一段被粉饰的历史，忽略了战争罪行。
- whitewashed version
- 被粉饰的版本
- The movie is a whitewashed version of the author's difficult childhood.这部电影是对作者艰难童年的一个被粉饰的版本。
- whitewashed image
- 被美化的形象
- He tried to maintain a whitewashed image by hiding his failures.他试图通过隐藏自己的失败来维持一个被美化的形象。
- whitewashed truth
- 被掩盖的真相
- The journalist spent years uncovering the whitewashed truth of the company's practices.这位记者花了多年时间揭露公司行为背后被掩盖的真相。
- whitewashed report
- 被粉饰的报告
- The official inquiry produced a whitewashed report that blamed no one.官方调查产生了一份不指责任何人的被粉饰的报告。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：white（白）+ washed（洗）＝“洗白”，即粉饰、掩盖丑闻；被洗白过的就是 whitewashed。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：building/construction settings、news/political discourse whitewashed 作形容词/过去分词时，字面义“刷了白石灰的”多用于建筑、装修等具体场景，语域中性；引申义“被粉饰、被掩盖的”比较常见于新闻或政治等正式语域，常带负面含义。需根据搭配判断具体义项。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These three words genuinely rhyme with the final syllable /wɔʃt/ and share the spelling ending -ashed. Beware of lookalikes that sound different: wished /wɪʃt/ and whistled /ˈwɪsəld/ have different vowel and final sounds.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.