1N-UNCOUNT (粉刷用的)石灰水,白涂料Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white. (粉刷用的)石灰水,白涂料
2VERB 用石灰水粉刷 If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash. 用石灰水粉刷
The walls had been whitewashed. [beVERB-ed]
墙已经用石灰水刷过了。
...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages. [VERB-ed]
一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇
3VERB 粉饰;掩饰 If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable. 粉饰;掩饰 [disapproval]
The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions. [VERB noun]
政府在粉饰该政权的行为。
'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday. [VERB noun]
5VERB 轻易战胜;使(对手)得零分 In sports, if a player or team whitewashes an opponent, they win very easily, and their opponent does not get any points at all. 轻易战胜;使(对手)得零分 [mainly journalism]
Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match. [VERB noun]
自1988年以来她还从未在开场赛中让对手吃过鸭蛋。
Their leading players were being whitewashed 4-0. [VERB noun]