Word · Frequency #19320
Fully loadedwhitewashes
零分惨败
whitewashes is the plural of whitewash.
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
- 1.
A mixture of a powdered mineral substance (often slaked lime (containing calcium hydroxide), chalk (calcium carbonate), or both) and water which is used for painting surfaces such as fences and walls bright white.
- 2.
a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
零分失利
- 3.
A thing used to hide mistakes, or to create an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; also (often politics), an act of hiding mistakes or creating an appearance of honesty, propriety, etc.; especially, a campaign, investigation, etc., which intentionally hides or overlooks unfavourable facts.
- 4.
wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
石灰浆
- 5.
An act of clearing a person's debts, especially through a declaration of bankruptcy by a court.
- 6.
a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
粉饰
- 7.
A complete victory or series of victories without suffering any losses; a clean sweep; also, a victory or series of victories by a very large margin.
- 8.
The most basic type of thickening agent, consisting of flour blended with water to make a paste.
零分失利；石灰浆；粉饰；白色涂料；得零分的惨败
In use
The final game was a whitewash; our team didn't score a single point.
After the whitewash in the first match, the coach changed the entire lineup.
They suffered a humiliating whitewash in the championship final.
whitewash sth
动词用法，表示“粉饰、掩盖”，后接名词或代词作宾语。
They tried to whitewash the whole affair.
他们试图粉饰整件事。
be whitewashed
动词的被动语态，强调事件被掩盖，施动者常省略。
The incident was whitewashed by the officials.
这起事件被官员们粉饰了。
be a whitewash
名词用法，指输方得零分的比赛结果，常用于体育赛事。
Connections
Collocations
- suffer a whitewash
- 遭受零分惨败
- The home team suffered a whitewash in the final match.主队在决赛中遭受零分惨败。
- complete whitewash
- 彻底的零分惨败
- It was a complete whitewash, with the visitors winning all five sets.这是一场彻底的零分惨败，客队赢下了全部五局。
- 5-0 whitewash
- 5比0的零分惨败
- The defending champions suffered a 5-0 whitewash in the series.卫冕冠军在系列赛中以0比5惨遭零封。
- hand someone a whitewash
- 使某人遭遇零分惨败
- The home side handed their rivals a whitewash.主队让对手遭遇零分惨败。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a whitewash
- 粉饰；掩盖The report was dismissed as a whitewash.这份报告被认为是粉饰之作而被驳回。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想想记分牌上对手得分被刷成一片白（0），像被洗掉一样，对手一球未进，就是whitewash零分惨败。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：sports reporting、casual conversation about matches、news headlines 该义项指比赛中一分未得的惨败，通常用于体育报道或日常谈论比赛，属于较口语化的说法；在正式书面文体中较少出现，可改用更正式的表达。
Pronunciation & Spelling
在美式发音中，whitewash 的第二音节是 /twɑʃ/，与 wash /wɑʃ/、squash /skwɑʃ/、quash /kwɑʃ/、posh /pɑʃ/ 押韵，因为它们都以 /ɑʃ/ 结尾。注意 whitefish 虽以 white 开头，但读作 /ˈwaɪtfɪʃ/，与 whitewash /ˈwaɪˌtwɑʃ/ 读音不同，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.