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单词 white
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white

/wʌɪt /
adjective
1Of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black: a sheet of white paper...
  • I smiled at my reflection and my pearly white teeth were visible and stood out from my tanned face.
  • Brighten up a plain white bathroom with these fresh colours from Dulux.
  • He was wearing a black jacket with white reflection marks, dark blue jeans and trainers.

Synonyms

colourless, unpigmented, undyed, bleached, natural;
snowy, milky, chalky, snow-white, snowy-white, milk-white, milky-white, chalk-white, chalky-white, ivory;
pale, clear, transparent
snowy, snowy-white, grey, silver, silvery, hoary, grizzled;
albino
1.1Very pale: her face was white with fear...
  • Cautiously, he rolled her over to find her face pale, deathly white, and covered with blood.
  • White scars stood prominently out against her tanned skin.
  • Kay's face turned pale white, so white that she looked like a ghost.

Synonyms

pale, pallid, wan, ashen, white as a ghost/sheet, grey, anaemic, jaundiced, colourless, bloodless, waxen, chalky, chalk-white, milky, pasty, pasty-faced, whey-faced, peaky, sickly, tired-looking, washed out, sallow, drained, drawn, sapped, ghostly, deathly, deathlike, bleached
rare etiolated
1.2(Of a plant) having white flowers or pale-coloured fruit.Vegetation such as gorse, heather and white grass is considered to be high fire risk while grassland is low risk....
  • She leaned against one of the white cherry blossom trees and began to hum to herself.
  • Hanging in garlands on the sides of the tables, trees, and the fountain were white lilies.
1.3(Of a tree) having light-coloured bark.All trees between these white oaks and the grassy opening were under 36 years of age....
  • I sighed deeply and took a seat on the grass, bracing next to a tall white oak tree.
  • The fifth biggest tree in the east is the famous white oak at Wye Mills, Maryland.
1.4(Of wine) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish colour.And what sauvignon blanc does for white wines, cabernet sauvignon can do for reds....
  • This is achieved by pressing the red grapes rapidly to produce white wine without a trace of colour.
  • It has become a bit famous in recent years for its white wines, especially chenin blanc.
1.5British (Of coffee or tea) served with milk or cream.Just don't ask for a white coffee - you'll get condensed milk already in the cup, urgh....
  • We drank flat white coffees, and Ray noticed me looking at the blurry blue tattoo on his forearm.
  • She was still smiling when she carried the two white coffees up the rickety wooden stairs.
1.6(Of food such as bread or rice) light in colour as a result of a refining process.For lunch I like corned beef, white rice and fried onions, which I've eaten for as long as I can remember....
  • Nihan pointed out a popular dish where a raw egg is mixed with hot white rice and soy sauce.
  • I snack on tons of Inarizushi - it's white rice stuffed inside sweetened tofu wrapping.
1.7(Of glass) transparent; colourless.She offered you both hard candy from a white glass bowl and looked into your daughter's face....
  • A generous front in white glass curves out to form porches for the two main entrance doors.
  • In the middle there lay a small table, with a cloudy white glass sphere in the middle.
2 (also White) Belonging to or denoting a human group having light-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction): a white farming community...
  • In the colonial context, the camera wielded by white Europeans was an intrusive weapon of domination.
  • Two of the survivors are white European and the rest are mainland Chinese nationals.
  • Most participants were white Europeans who were being treated by their general practitioner.

Synonyms

Caucasian, European, non-black
2.1Relating to white people: white Australian culture...
  • Her literary debut, The Grass Is Singing, exposed the moral bankruptcy of the white settler culture.
  • Black nationalism was centered on blackness and saw no value in white culture and religion.
  • We black people like to think of ourselves as somehow outside of mainstream white culture.
2.2South African, historical Reserved by law for those classified as white.
3 historical Counter-revolutionary or reactionary. Contrasted with red (sense 2 of the adjective).
noun
1 [mass noun] White colour or pigment: garnet-red flowers flecked with white...
  • Instead they decided to defer the matter to give the park time to change the colour scheme to all white to make it look less conspicuous.
  • Shocking half-page pictures in colour and black and white underline the story throughout.
  • My husband said ‘no’ because we've got to stick to the club colours of black and white.
1.1White clothes or material: he was dressed from head to foot in white...
  • Hundreds of people dressed in the traditional white with red scarves take part in each run.
  • She wore a newly fashioned gown of shimmering white, a delicate veil and a golden circlet.
  • Upon the terrace was a beautiful woman, garbed in a flowing silk gown of glowing white.
1.2 (whites) White clothes, especially as worn for playing cricket or tennis, as naval uniform, or in the context of washing: wash whites separately to avoid them being dulled...
  • A daring university student dressed in cricket whites, pads and a helmet gave an innovative spin to the concept of pitch invasion.
  • The foundation provided him with new cricket whites, boots, gloves, pads, anew bat, a helmet, six balls and a cricket bag.
  • Americans, in fact, could have ended up staying in striped caps and cricket whites.
1.3White wine: a bottle of house white...
  • The main varietals in Chile are Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc for whites and Cabernet, Merlot and Carmenere for reds.
  • Semillon brings a lush texture to dry whites while Sauvignon Blanc brings an herbal raciness - a terrific combination.
  • This honeyed, concentrated, sweet and sour style white is perfect with this dish.
1.4 (White) The player of the white pieces in chess or draughts.After this White's position is very bad because his pieces are so poorly placed for the middle-game.
1.5 [count noun] A white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball) in snooker or billiards.But a potted white by Perry let Ding back in and he cleared up to win.
2The visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris.Viral conjunctivitis can spread to the cornea, the white of the eye....
  • The conjunctiva is a thin lining that covers the whites of the eyes and the insides of the eyelids.
  • His eyes, though still inhumanly brilliant, bore smaller irises and more pronounced whites - just like Arun's own.
3The outer part (white when cooked) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen.Cook the eggs long enough to solidify the whites, but the yolks remain somewhat runny....
  • The whole thing is then cooked again to harden the whites around the yolk.
  • Crispy fried noodle threads and minced peppers add crunch; sieved egg yolks and whites add softness.
4 (also White) A member of a light-skinned people, especially one of European extraction.One audience member asked whether whites should go out of their way to develop black friends....
  • Unlike whites and members of other ethnic groups, blacks who live in the suburbs are far wealthier than their city brethren.
  • Wisdom teeth problems are more common among European whites compared to Orientals and blacks.
5 [with modifier] A white or cream butterfly which has dark veins or spots on the wings and can be a serious crop pest.
  • Pieris and other genera, family Pieridae. See also cabbage white.
verb [with object] archaic
Paint or turn (something) white: your passion hath whited your face

Usage

The term white has been used to refer to the skin colour of Europeans or people of European extraction since the early 17th century. Unlike other labels for skin colour such as red or yellow, white has not been generally used in a derogatory way. In modern contexts there is a growing tendency to prefer to use terms which relate to geographical origin rather than skin colour: hence the current preference in the US for African American rather than black and European rather than white.

Phrases

whited sepulchre

white man's burden

whiter than white

Phrasal verbs

white out

white something out

Derivatives

whitely

adverb ...
  • A long, wide car has pulled up in the driveway, a face peering whitely from its passenger window.
  • You can see the Parthenon from anywhere in Athens, gleaming whitely on the Acropolis.
  • Its whitely gleaming limestone façade was smoothly intact, an awesome sight unseen since the dawn of recorded history.

whitish

/ˈwʌɪtɪʃ / adjective ...
  • Add the prawn cutlets and toss until they are just sealed and turn a whitish pink colour.
  • Indonesians cultivate it as a garden vegetable and recognize numerous forms, including a large whitish one and smaller green ones.
  • Pseudopollen is a mealy material, usually whitish or yellowish in colour, which superficially resembles pollen.

Origin

Late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to wheat.

  • The Old English word white, related to wheat, is used in many English phrases. A white elephant is a useless or unwanted possession, especially one that's expensive to maintain. The originals were real albino animals regarded as holy in some Asian countries, especially Siam (present-day Thailand). The story goes that it was the custom for a king of Siam to give one of these elephants to a courtier he particularly disliked: the unfortunate recipient could neither refuse the gift nor give it away later for fear of causing offence, and would end up financially ruined by the costs of looking after the animal. A whited sepulchre is a hypocrite. The phrase comes from Jesus's condemnation of the Pharisees in the Gospel of Matthew: he likens them to whited sepulchres, or whitewashed tombs, ‘which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead mens' bones, and of all uncleanness’. The white heat of technology is a phrase usually credited to Harold Wilson. What he actually said in a 1963 speech was, ‘The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution will be no place for restrictive practices or for outdated methods on either side of industry.’ The white man's burden, the task of imposing Western civilization on the inhabitants of colonies, comes from a poem by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1899. Called ‘The White Man's Burden: The United States and The Philippine Islands’, it urged the USA to take up the burden of empire following its acquisition of the Philippines after the Spanish-American War. The festival Whit Sunday or Whitsuntide also comes from white. It is a reference to the white robes worn by early Christians who were baptized at this time. White feather (late 18th century) as a sign of cowardice refers to a white feather in the tail of a fighting cock, seen as a sign of bad breeding. White-knuckle ride [1970s] refers to the effect caused by gripping tightly to side rails of a fairground ride. See also blackmail, blue

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