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white

/wahyt, hwahyt/US // waɪt, ʰwaɪt //UK // (waɪt) //

白色,白,白色的,白的

Related Words

silver银,银色,白银,银色的silvery银色的,银色,银白色的,含银pasty糊状物,糊状的,糊状,糊糊wan万,婉儿,婉ivory象牙色,象牙,象牙白,象牙色的pearly珠光宝气,珠光体,珠光宝气的,珠光体的fair公平,公正,公平的,公正的blanched焯水,焯过水的,焯过水,烫过的alabaster雪花膏,石膏,雪花石膏,山梨醇neutral中立,中性,中立的,中性的light光,光线,光明,光照clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理bleached漂白的,漂白过的,漂白了,漂白了的frosted磨砂的,磨砂,经磨砂的,磨光的achromatic消色差,消色龙,消色性,消色差的ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的bloodless无血,无血的,不流血,不流血的chalky白垩质,白垩纪,白垩的,白垩质的ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的hoary嘶哑的,嘶哑的声音,嘶嘶声,嘶哑的声响

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    whit·er, whit·est.

    • : of the color of pure snow, of the margins of this page, etc.; reflecting nearly all the rays of sunlight or a similar light.
    • : light or comparatively light in color.
    • : belonging to a group marked by slight pigmentation of the skin, often of European descent.
    • : for, limited to, or predominantly made up of white people: a white neighborhood.
    • : pallid or pale, as from fear or other strong emotion: white with rage.
    • : silvery, gray, or hoary: white hair.
    • : snowy: a white Christmas.
    • : lacking color; transparent.
    • : ultraconservative.
    • : blank, as an unoccupied space in printed matter: Fill in the white space below.
    • : Also called al·wite [awl-wahyt] /ˈɔl waɪt/ .Armor. composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other covering.
    • : wearing white clothing: a white monk.
    • : Older Use: Offensive. decent, honorable, or dependable: That's mighty white of you.
    • : auspicious or fortunate.
    • : morally pure; innocent.
    • : without malice; harmless: white magic.
    • : light-colored or yellowish, as opposed to red.
    • : British. containing milk.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the incident light. It is the ultimate limit of a series of shades of any color.Compare black.
    • : a hue completely desaturated by admixture with white, the highest value possible.
    • : quality or state of being white.
    • : lightness of skin pigment.
    • : a person with light-colored skin, often of European descent.
    • : a white material or substance.
    • : the white part of something.
    • : Biology. a pellucid viscous fluid that surrounds the yolk of an egg; albumen.
    • : the white part of the eyeball: He has a speck in the white of his eye.
    • : whites, white or nearly white clothing, as in tennis whites.top-grade white flour.
    • : white wine: Graves is a good white.
    • : a type or breed that is white in color.
    • : Usually whites. a blank space in printing.
    • : a hog of any of several breeds having a white coat, as a Chester White.
    • : Entomology. any of several white-winged butterflies of the family Pieridae, as the common cabbage butterflies.
    • : white fabric.
    • : Archery. the outermost ring of the butt.an arrow that hits this portion of the butt.the central part of the butt or target, formerly painted white but now painted gold or yellow.Archaic.a target painted white.
    • : Chess, Checkers. the men or pieces that are light-colored.
    • : a member of a royalist, conservative, or reactionary political party.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    whit·ed, whit·ing.

    • : Printing. to make white by leaving blank spaces.to whiten in retouching preparatory to photoengraving.
    • : Archaic. to make white; whiten.
  1. 1
    • : white out, to cover with a white correction fluid.to censor, as by obliterating words or passages with white ink.

Phrases

  • white as a sheet
  • white elephant
  • white feather
  • white flag, show the
  • white lie
  • white sale
  • black and white
  • bleed someone white
  • great white hope
  • show the white feather

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.extremely pale; lacking color
Synonyms
silver银,银色,白银,银色的silvery银色的,银色,银白色的,含银alabaster雪花膏,石膏,雪花石膏,山梨醇blanched焯水,焯过水的,焯过水,烫过的clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理fair公平,公正,公平的,公正的frosted磨砂的,磨砂,经磨砂的,磨光的ivory象牙色,象牙,象牙白,象牙色的light光,光线,光明,光照neutral中立,中性,中立的,中性的pasty糊状物,糊状的,糊状,糊糊pearly珠光宝气,珠光体,珠光宝气的,珠光体的wan万,婉儿,婉achromatic消色差,消色龙,消色性,消色差的achromic消色差,消色性,消色,消色斑ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的bloodless无血,无血的,不流血,不流血的chalky白垩质,白垩纪,白垩的,白垩质的ghastly惨不忍睹,惨不忍睹的,骇人听闻,骇人听闻的hoary嘶哑的,嘶哑的声音,嘶嘶声,嘶哑的声响immaculate完美无瑕,完美无缺,完美无缺的,完美无瑕的milky乳白色的,乳白色,乳白的,乳白pallid苍白的,苍白,苍白的颜色,苍白色的snowy雪的,白雪皑皑,下雪的,下雪了transparent透明的,透明,透明化,透明性waxen打蜡,蜡质,蜡像,蜡

Examples

  • The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.

  • If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

  • There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.

  • The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.

  • But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.

  • And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.

  • None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

  • One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.

  • That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.

  • Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?

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