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单词 white-face
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white-faceadj.n.

Brit. /ˈwʌɪtfeɪs/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌfeɪs/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., face n.
Etymology: < white adj. + face n. Compare earlier white-faced adj.
A. adj.
Of an animal: having a white face; = white-faced adj. 1.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > streaked or marked with white > having a white head > having a white face
white-faced?1570
white-face1667
1667 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1896) I. 200 Robert Beddell sold..A Blak white face Cow between 7 and 8.
1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 126 White face teal.
1879 E. R. Smilie Investig. & Experience of M. Shawtinback 158 The small white-face monkey of the Isthmus of Darien.
1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife xvii. 217 There's a herd of top whiteface cows.
1984 Properties Open in 1984 (National Trust) 40 A Country Park surrounds the property and contains a flock of Whiteface Woodland sheep.
2004 Outside Feb. 56/2 It's an easy paddle inland,..to Isla Colón's mangrove swamps—home to howler and white-face monkeys.
B. n.
1. A light-skinned person, esp. one of European origin or descent. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > white person > [noun]
white mana1398
Christian1622
European1666
white-face1684
long knife1784
buckra1794
sahib1796
white-skin1803
whitey1811
Pakeha1817
papalagi1817
paleface1823
whitefellow1826
Abelungu1836
haole1843
gringo1849
lightiea1855
umlungu1859
mzungu1860
heaven-burster1861
ladino1877
mooniasc1880
Conchy Joe1888
béké1889
ofay1899
ridge runner1904
Ngati Pakeha1905
kelch1912
pink1913
leucoderm1924
fay1927
Mr Charlie1928
pinkie1935
devil1938
wonk1938
oaf1941
grey1943
paddy1945
Caucasoid1956
Jumble1957
Caucasian1958
white boy1958
pinko-grey1964
honky1967
toubab1976
palagi1977
1684 in J. P. tr. H. Ludolf New Hist. Ethiopia (ed. 2) Pref. Bookseller to Rdr. sig. H Two White Faces among the Travellers..he suspected..to be such as had by the late Imperial Edict been banished from all the Coasts of Ethiopia.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vi. 192 He might..have taken possession of her without any to resist them but 8 or 9 white faces and twelve Negroes.
1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara III. iv. 82 One man in the crowd demanded that we should stop and show ourselves, since there had never been a white-face in this country before.
1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 99 Ah, but the white-faces are there—the English.
?1940 R. Wright Native Son in Wks. (1991) I. iii. 818 She was acting toward him in such a way as no white face usually acts toward a Negro, and as a white face acts only when it is about to fleece a Negro of something.
1999 Washington Post (Nexis) 25 Sept. a15 She was able to go into the camps only because she is Burmese; Westerners, and particularly ‘white faces’ are generally not allowed.
2.
a. U.S. The American wigeon, Anas americana. rare.
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the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon)
wigeon1508
winder1542
atteal1600
smeath1622
smee1668
whistling duck1699
whima1705
white-face1709
poacher1888
1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 151 The bald or white Faces are a good Fowl.
1923 W. L. McAtee Local Names Migratory Game Birds 12 Baldpate (Mareca american​a)...Vernacular Names..whiteface (N.Y., N.C.).
b. Any of the small Australian songbirds of the genus Aphelocephala (family Acanthizidae), comprising three species, all with a white face and underparts, with a coloured breast band in two species.
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1903 Emu 3 72 Near Jan Juc, close to the edge of the coastal ranges, the Whiteface (Xerophila leucopsis), an inland species, was seen breeding.
1945 C. Barrett Austral. Bird Life 189 Those quaint little birds, the whitefaces (Aphelocephala)..frequent open forest country and open scrublands.
1981 M. Sharland Tracks of Morning 110 Tapping a post may bring from an old knot hole a small, modest looking bird called the whiteface.
2011 R. Thomas et al. Compl. Guide Finding Birds Austral. (ed. 2) 338 Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis... Widespread and generally common in open woodlands, dry scrub and mulga. Easily the commonest whiteface.
3. An animal of the Hereford breed of cattle; (also) the breed itself. Now chiefly North American and Australian.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Herefordshire
Herefordshire1789
Hereford1805
white-face1826
1826 London Hermit's Tour York Festival x. 100 The white faces of Herefordshire are also not unfrequent.
1860 W. White All round Wrekin xi. 93 I journeyed down..into the fertile champaign of the whitefaces.
1965 E. McCourt Road across Canada 152 Herds of white-faces dot the slopes.., grazing knee-deep in the lush grass of the wide valley-bottoms.
1970 M. G. Eberhart El Rancho Rio (1971) viii. 85 I've been breeding white-faces—pure-bred Herefords.
2002 Land (N. Richmond, New S. Wales) 21 Mar. 43/1 The new estimated breeding value..was introduced commercially by the Angus and whiteface breed societies this year.
4. Originally U.S. White or light-coloured theatrical make-up, esp. as worn by a black actor playing a white character. Cf. blackface n. 1b.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > type of make-up
white-face1870
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > make-up > types of
blackface1847
crape hair1866
spirit gum1871
brownface1913
wet-white1922
glycerine tear1934
white-face1947
nose putty1950
nose paste1951
redface1954
yellowface1959
1870 N.Y. Clipper 16 Apr. 15/4 Mr. Murphy informs us that he has quit the minstrel business, and will hereafter appear on the legitimate boards in white face.
1871 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Sentinel 26 May Albino Minstrels... The first part will appear in White Face, Wigs, Dress, Hands, Red Neck-Ties.
1897 Logansport (Indiana) Daily Reporter 14 Sept. The three Gorman Brothers of minstrel fame, whose appearance in white-face is highly relished by their many admirers.
1947 Partisan Rev. Jan. 65 The selection of Canada Lee, a negro in white-face, to play Bosola.
1981 Times 11 Apr. 7/1 We find him grovelling on the floor like a mock Othello in whiteface.
2009 E. Simon Art Clowning v. 89 Working in white-face is like clowning on pure adrenalin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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