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- of the colour of milk or fresh snow, due to the reflection of all visible rays of light; the opposite of black白色的, 乳白的, 雪白的：
a sheet of white paper.
一张白纸。
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- approaching such a colour; very pale近似白色的, 苍白的：
her face was white with fear.
她吓得脸色苍白。
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- figurative morally or spiritually pure; innocent and untainted〈喻〉纯洁的; 纯真无邪的, 清白的：
he is as pure and white as the driven snow.
他纯真无邪, 犹如吹积的白雪。
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- (of a plant) having white flowers or pale-coloured fruit（植物）开白花的; 有白色果实的。
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- (of a tree) having light-coloured bark（树木）树皮淡色的。
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- (of wine) made from white grapes, or dark grapes with the skins removed, and having a yellowish colour（酒）白葡萄酒的, 淡黄色的。
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- Brit. (of coffee or tea) served with milk or cream〈英〉（咖啡, 茶）加牛奶（或奶油）的。
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- (of glass) transparent; colourless（玻璃）透明的, 无色的。
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- (of bread) made from a light-coloured, sifted, or bleached flour（面包）精白面粉制的。
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- （亦作 White）belonging to or denoting a human group having light-coloured skin (chiefly used of peoples of European extraction)白肤色的, 白种人的（主要指欧洲血统）：
a white farming community.
白人农牧业社区。
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- of or relating to such people（与）白人（有关）的：
white Australian culture.
澳大利亚白人文化。
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- S. African, historical reserved by law for those classified as white〈南非, 史〉（法定的）专属白人阶层的。
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- S. African, offensive impudent or cheeky (used of black people)〈南非, 冒犯〉（黑人用语）厚颜无耻的, 放肆的, 无礼的：
don't get white with me.
别对我无礼。
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- historical counter-revolutionary or reactionary〈史〉（政治）白色的, 反动的, 反革命的。与RED相对（义项2）。
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- mass noun white colour or pigment白色; 白漆, 白染料, 白颜料：
garnet-red flowers flecked with white
缀有点点白斑的深红色花儿
count noun the woodwork was an immaculate white.这木制品是纯白色的。
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- white clothes or material白色衣服, 白布：
he was dressed from head to foot in white.
他从头到脚都穿着白色。
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whites
white clothes, especially as worn for playing cricket or tennis, or as naval uniform, or in the context of washing（尤指板球、网球运动员、海军穿的）白色运动服, 白色制服; （洗衣用语）白色衣服：wash whites separately to avoid them being dulled.
白色衣物要单独洗, 以免染色。
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- white wine白葡萄酒。
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White
the player of the white pieces in chess or draughts走白子的弈棋者, 执白者, 白方。
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- count noun a white thing, in particular the white ball (the cue ball) in snooker or billiards白色的东西; （尤指台球中的）白球。
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- the outer part (white when cooked) which surrounds the yolk of an egg; the albumen蛋清, 蛋白。
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- the visible pale part of the eyeball around the iris眼白。
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- （亦作 White）a member of a light-skinned people, especially one of European extraction白人。
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- with modifier a white or cream butterfly which has dark veins or spots on the wings. It can be a serious crop pest.白粉蝶。
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- Pieris and other genera, family Pieridae.菜粉蝶属和其他属, 粉蝶科。参见CABBAGE WHITE.
with obj.
- archaic paint or turn (something) white〈古〉把…漆成白色; 使变白：
your passion hath whited your face.
你气得脸色煞白。
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.
短语
bleed someone/thing white
- drain someone or something of wealth or resources使耗尽财富（或资源）。
whited sepulchre
- poetic/literary a hypocrite〈诗/文〉伪善者, 伪君子; 矫饰者。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Matt 23:27.
white man's burden
- the task which white colonizers believed they had to impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies白人的负担（白人殖民者自认为应将其文明灌输给殖民地黑人居民的任务）。
- ORIGIN: from Rudyard Kipling's The White Man's Burden (1899).
whiter than white
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- extremely white特白, 雪白, 煞白。
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- morally beyond reproach纯洁无瑕。
派生词
whitely
adverbwhiteness
nounwhitish
adjective词源
late Old English hwīt, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wit and German weiss, also to WHEAT.
短语动词
white out
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- (of vision) become impaired by exposure to sudden bright light（视力）因突遇强光而受损。
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- (of a person) lose colour vision as a prelude to losing consciousness（人）（失去知觉前）失去辨色能力。
white something out
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- obliterate a mistake with white correction fluid用白色涂改液涂掉（错误）。
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- cover one's face or facial blemishes completely with make-up将面部化妆成白色。
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- impair someone's vision with a sudden bright light用强光使人目眩。