单词 | white hope |
释义 | white hopenouna person who is expected to accomplish much in a given field: the white hope of the American theater. Sports. (formerly) a white man who had a good chance of winning the heavyweight boxing championship from a Black man. Origin of white hopeFirst recorded in 1905–10 Words nearby white hopewhite-headed, Whitehead's operation, white heat, white hellebore, white hole, white hope, white horse, white-hot, White House, white hunter, white infarct Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for white hopewhite hope nouninformal a person who is expected to bring honour or glory to his group, team, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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