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Definition of whitewall in English: whitewallnoun ˈwʌɪtwɔːlˈ(h)waɪtˌwɔl 1A tyre with a white stripe round the outside, or a white side wall. 白胎壁轮胎 Example sentencesExamples - We're talking times marked by whitewall tires, gals with bouffants up-to-there, and music heavily steeped in soul.
- With its big cushiony seat and gigantic whitewall tires I could ride over curbs and not even feel it.
- When I started at Oldsmobile, they were still doing whitewall tires, wire wheels, padded tops, red velour interiors - the whole bit.
- Earl Sheib would paint any car for $29.99; four premium whitewall tires went for $100; a half-pound of barbecue chicken or ribs sold for $1.10.
- And so it was that, after a couple of non-starts, I got my blood-clot-coloured Rolls-Royce with nicotine upholstery, Tania Bryer woodwork and whitewall tyres.
- The last edition of the bug has a retro look, with chrome trim from bumper to bumper, whitewall tires and CD player, but it also stays true to the car's roots.
- As a result, excessive chrome, fins, and wide whitewalls became synonymous with what it meant to be an American.
- There is was, a white sleek long limousine shined to perfection, the whitewalls of the tires sparkling in the dust of the road.
- This five-speed machine sits on 130/90-16 whitewall tires mounted on 60-spoke chrome wheels and sports die-cast aluminum fender tips in the front and rear, as well as a hand-selected, full-grain leather seat and saddlebags.
2North American as modifier Denoting a haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved and the top and back are left longer. 〈北美〉白胎壁发型(头两边剃光而头顶和后脑部位头发留得较长) Example sentencesExamples - He's got an unflattering, Lyle Lovett-like haircut with whitewalls on the sides, and a trio of lines between his eyes as deep as the Marianas Trench.
Definition of whitewall in US English: whitewallnounˈ(h)waɪtˌwɔlˈ(h)wītˌwôl 1A tire with a white stripe around the outside, or a white sidewall. 白胎壁轮胎 Example sentencesExamples - We're talking times marked by whitewall tires, gals with bouffants up-to-there, and music heavily steeped in soul.
- When I started at Oldsmobile, they were still doing whitewall tires, wire wheels, padded tops, red velour interiors - the whole bit.
- Earl Sheib would paint any car for $29.99; four premium whitewall tires went for $100; a half-pound of barbecue chicken or ribs sold for $1.10.
- As a result, excessive chrome, fins, and wide whitewalls became synonymous with what it meant to be an American.
- This five-speed machine sits on 130/90-16 whitewall tires mounted on 60-spoke chrome wheels and sports die-cast aluminum fender tips in the front and rear, as well as a hand-selected, full-grain leather seat and saddlebags.
- The last edition of the bug has a retro look, with chrome trim from bumper to bumper, whitewall tires and CD player, but it also stays true to the car's roots.
- And so it was that, after a couple of non-starts, I got my blood-clot-coloured Rolls-Royce with nicotine upholstery, Tania Bryer woodwork and whitewall tyres.
- There is was, a white sleek long limousine shined to perfection, the whitewalls of the tires sparkling in the dust of the road.
- With its big cushiony seat and gigantic whitewall tires I could ride over curbs and not even feel it.
2North American as modifier Denoting a haircut in which the sides of the head are shaved and the top and back are left longer. 〈北美〉白胎壁发型(头两边剃光而头顶和后脑部位头发留得较长) Example sentencesExamples - He's got an unflattering, Lyle Lovett-like haircut with whitewalls on the sides, and a trio of lines between his eyes as deep as the Marianas Trench.
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