英语词汇“whitewash”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

verb | noun

whitewashwhitewash1 /ˈwaɪt˺wɑʃ/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

whitewash

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	whitewash
	he, she, it	whitewashes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	whitewashed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have whitewashed
	he, she, it	has whitewashed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had whitewashed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will whitewash
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have whitewashed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am whitewashing
	he, she, it	is whitewashing
	you, we, they	are whitewashing
Past	I, he, she, it	was whitewashing
	you, we, they	were whitewashing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been whitewashing
	he, she, it	has been whitewashing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been whitewashing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be whitewashing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been whitewashing

1to hide the true facts about a serious accident or illegal action: Investigators are accused of whitewashing the governor’s record.2to cover something with whitewash

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whitewashwhitewash2 noun 1[countable, uncountable] a report or examination of events that hides the true facts about something so that the person who is responsible will not be punished2[uncountable] a white liquid mixture used especially for painting walls