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white

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近义词ghastly bloodless faint waxen sickly pale sallow pallid pasty peaked ashen cadaverous wan

adj. 白色的；白种的；纯洁的
n. 白色；洁白；白种人

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复数: whites;比较级: whiter;最高级: whitest;名词: whiteness;

中文词源

white 白色的

来自PIE*kweit,白色，照耀，词源同wheat.

英英释意

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

2. (board games) the lighter pieces

3. (usually in the plural) trousers

英文词源

white: white: [OE] White goes back ultimately to Indo- European *kwitnos or *kwidnos, which was formed from the same base as produced Sanskrit sveta- ‘white’ and Russian svet ‘light’. It passed into prehistoric Germanic as *khwītaz, which has since evolved into German weiss, Swedish vit, Danish hvid, and English white (Dutch wit comes from a variant of the same Germanic source). Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain.
=> wheat, whitsun
white (adj.): Old English hwit "bright, radiant; clear, fair," also as a noun (see separate entry), from Proto-Germanic *hwitaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Dutch wit, Old High German hwiz, German weiß, Gothic hveits), from PIE *kweid-o-, suffixed form of root *kweit- "white; to shine" (cognates: Sanskrit svetah "white;" Old Church Slavonic sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lithuanian šviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten").

As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in English, being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in Old English. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, American English; in Middle English it meant "gracious, friendly, favorable." The racial sense "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is recorded from c. 1600; meaning "characteristic of or pertaining to white people" is from 1852, American English. White supremacy attested from 1884, American English; white flight is from 1966, American English.

White way "brightly illuminated street in a big city" is from 1908. White flag of truce or surrender is from c. 1600. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1847. White House as the name of the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1580s. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c. 1978. Astronomical white dwarf is from 1924. White witch, one who used the power for good, is from 1620s.
white (n.): Old English hwit "whiteness, white food, white of an egg," from white (adj.). Also in late Old English "a highly luminous color devoid of chroma." Meaning "white part of the eyeball" is from c. 1400. Meaning "white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion" is from 1670s; white man in this sense is from 1690s. White man's burden is from Kipling's 1899 poem.
Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

考试真题

With wild carrots, the roots are white, small and skinny, so you’d have to pick a lot of wild carrots to get enough to eat.

Snow White is available for everyone to use, but the dwarfs are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters ( ' , Grumpy Gus, Dopey Dan) to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

Another training, this one for pay roll law, used a Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs theme.

That’s due in part to the removal of many of the capital’s old-fashioned black and white taxis.

An Ohio State University study also found that black students living with a white roommate saw higher academic success throughout their college careers.

An Indiana University study found that interracial roommates were three times as likely as two white roommates to no longer live together by the end of the semester

White students tend to look down upon their black peers.

Black students can compete with their white peers academically

Black students feel somewhat embarrassed among white peers during the freshman year.

Being surrounded by white peers motivates a black student to work harder to succeed

Few white students like sharing a room with a black peer.

And the characters have to be black and white.

"Chauncy is a top student who is doing his best to make it in a world with no money and very few resources," White explained on the crowd-funding site.

"It's so rare that we get an opportunity to affect so much change on one life," White wrote.

"Snow White" is available for everyone to use, but the "dwarfs" are still under copyright, so Cornetti invented sound-alike characters Grumpy Gus, Dopey Da to illustrate specific pay roll law principles.

"When Chauncy approached me,It just pulled at my heart," White said.

A wonderful bond formed between the two, and within a couple of weeks, the stranger named White helped raise $190,000 on the website to support the Memphis teenager and his disabled mother.

As for the taxi drivers, most are delighted to be behind the wheel of new cars,although there have been a few complaints about switching from black and white to a plain white colour.

Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone (无人机) caught footage (连续镜头) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area.

He also perfected the souffle—a baked egg dish, and introduced the standard chef's uniform—the same double-breasted white coat and tall white hat still worn by many chefs today.

It's all built in this white stone and some walls of the building are decorated with jewels.

PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread.

Several times a month, you can find a doctor in the aisles of Ralph's market in Huntington Beach, California, wearing a white coat and helping people learn about food.

So what they believe is that their children must excel and beat their white peers in academic settings so they have the same chances to excel later.

That's due in part to the removal of many of the capital's old-fashioned black and white taxis.

The maker of Mountain Dew and Gatorade has been one of the earlier movers in the industry to offer products with reduced levels of unhealthy ingredients—PepsiCo claims a packet of its chips now contains less salt than a slice of white bread.

The Olympic class ships were built by the Harland and Wolff ship makers in Northern Ireland for the White Star line company.

The white clothing conveyed an image of cleanliness, according to Careme—and in his realm, appearance was everything.

with many Asian-American children attending supplementary instructional programs, there is a perception among some white families that the elementary school curriculum is being sped up to accommodate them.

White storks feed on locusts ( ' , 蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

White parents are more likely than others to read to their children daily, as are married parents.

They have forced white storks to search for safer winter shelters.

The scientists tracked white storks from different colonies in Europe and Africa.

Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks ( ' , 鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.

Parents who are white, wealthy or college-educated say too much involvement can be bad.

Landfill sites on the Iberian Peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara Desert to the western Sahel.

Contestants of elite high school math competitions are mostly Asian and white students from well-off families.

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

With competition from many countries, Antarctica is no longer dominated by the traditional white nations.

The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European, Australasian and North American states are over, said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica.

In the paper, he and his colleagues used the example of cystic fibrosis, which is underdiagnosed in people of African ancestry because it is thought of as a white disease.

He spoke out against the idea of white and black as distinct groups, claiming that these distinctions ignored the scope of human diversity.

Asian women prefer to avoid the sun, because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the West.

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse?

Officials at the White House announced a new space policy focused on managing the increasing number of satellites that companies and governments are launching into space.

Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives.

The film industry still functions as a straight, White, boy's club.

The old days of the Antarctic being dominated by the interests and wishes of white men from European, Australasian and North American states are over, "said Klaus Dodds, a politics scholar at the University of London who specialises in Antarctica.

White storks feed on locusts and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand.

Adam and Galinsky tested the effect of simply wearing a white lab coat on people's powers of attention.

After climbing up a hill for a panoramic view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then positioned myself to take the best photo of this panorama.

By painting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.

Children of keepers remember inspectors wearing white gloves to run their fingers over door frames and windowsills looking for dust.

Even president obama's mother-in-law, marian Robinson, has agreed to leave Chicago and into the White House to help care for her granddaughters.

Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office.

From now on I will only be editing articles for PsyBlog while wearing a white coat to help keep the typing error count low.

His black-and-white pictures present a world almost lost in time.

In Peru, local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice.

It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.

Last April, she was invited to the White House and honored as a hurricane sandy champion of change.

Like the two little girls growing up at the White House, we made our own beds no one left the house until that was doneand picked up after ourselves.

None more so than husband and wife team Kenneth and Carol Adelman, well-known advisers to the White House, who started up a training company called "movers and Shakespeares".

Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.

Scientists have painted a long road red, yellow, and white.

She called on the White House to help.

Sorry, doctor white is out of town and I'm not in the position to give out that kind of information.

The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.

The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a white.

The girls on the wesleyan academy softball were waiting for their next turns at bat during practice, stamping their feet to stay warm, eighth-grader Taylor bisbee shivered a little as she watched her teammate Paris white play.

The idea is that white coats are associated with scientists, who are in turn though to have close attention to detail.

The white-naped crane is a typical example.

Two things changed my life: my mother and a white plastic bike basket.

What they found was that people wearing white coats performed better than those who weren't.

When a dark-colored cake was served on a black plate rather than a white one, customers recognized it as sweeter and more tasty.

When they die, they turn a non-transparent milky white.

White doesn't want to be contacted while he's away.

White hasn't finished grading the papers.

White paint is usually safe for buildings.

The White House argued that Arizona's laws conflicted with its enforcement priorities, even if state laws complied with federal statutes to the letter.

In effect, the White House claimed that it could invalidate any otherwise legitimate state law that it disagrees with.

When the EEOB was finished, it was the largest office building in Washington, with nearly 2 miles of black and white tiled corridors.

To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house all three departments began in June of 1871.

The implication is that Millennials prefer news from the White House to be filtered through other source, Not a president's social media platform.

Children were not colour-coded at all until the early 20th century: in the era before domestic washing machines all babies wore white as a practical matter, since the only way of getting clothes clean was to boil them.

It's based on a somewhat fantasized, very white, very upper-middle-class ideology that says if you're failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you are neglecting them.

Later this year, we will publish a white paper setting out exactly how we will achieve this.

The implication is that millennials prefer news from the White House to be filtered through other sources, not a president's social media platform.

To the horror of some who expected a Greek Revival twin of the Treasury Building to be erected on the other side of the White House, the elaborate French Second Empire style design by Alfred Mullett was selected, and construction of a building to house al

词组搭配

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

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给殖民地黑人居民灌输其文明的任务）

whiter than white

extremely white

特白，雪白，煞白

white out

(of vision) become impaired by exposure to sudden bright light

（因突然暴露在强光下而）目眩

white something out

obliterate a mistake with white correction fluid

用白色涂改液遮盖（错误）

impair someone's vision with a sudden bright light

用强光使人目眩

实用场景例句

a crisp white shirt: 一件挺括的白衬衫

white bread: 白面包

a set of perfect white teeth: 一口洁白无瑕的牙齿

His hair was as white as snow .: 他头发雪白。

The horse was almost pure white in colour.: 那匹马几乎是纯白色。

white middle-class families: 白人中产阶级家庭

She writes about her experiences as a black girl in a predominantly white city.: 她写的是自己身为一个黑人姑娘在以白人为主的城市里的经历。

white with shock: 震惊得脸色发白

She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.: 她听到这消息时脸色变得煞白。

Two white coffees, please.: 请来两杯加牛奶的咖啡。

Do you take your coffee black or white?: 你喝咖啡加不加牛奶？

the pure white of the newly painted walls: 新粉刷的墙壁的纯白色

She was dressed all in white.: 她穿着一身白色的衣服。

Would you like red or white?: 你喜欢喝红葡萄酒还是白葡萄酒？

a very dry white: 特干白葡萄酒

Use the whites of two eggs.: 用两个鸡蛋的蛋清。

The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.: 她的白眼珠布满血丝。

(British English)Don't wash whites and coloureds together.: 别把白色衣服和带颜色的衣服一块洗。

(North Amercian English)Don't wash whites and colors together.: 别把白色衣服和带颜色的衣服一起洗。

He had nice square white teeth...: 他的牙齿洁白而整齐，十分好看。

Issa's white beach hat gleamed in the harsh lights...: 伊萨的白色沙滩帽在刺眼的阳光下闪闪发亮。

Working with white people hasn't been a problem for me or for them...: 和白人共事对我、对他们来说都不是个问题。

He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache.: 他是个白人，留着棕色的齐肩发并蓄着小胡子。

Richard had gone very white, but he stood his ground...: 理查德脸都白了，但还是坚持自己的立场。

He turned white and began to stammer...: 他脸色发白，说话开始结巴。

Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom.: 格雷戈里又倒了一杯白葡萄酒后回到了卧室。

Wayne has a large white coffee in front of him.: 韦恩面前摆着一大杯加了牛奶的咖啡。

...practitioners of white magic...: 施善意法术的人

They claim to be white witches.: 她们自称是善良的女巫。

There was a Frenchman sitting at the next table, immaculate in tennis whites.: 邻桌坐着位法国人，穿着非常整洁的白色网球服。