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White
Definition
metaphorical meaning
Idioms
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White has always been a symbol of purity in Western cultures.
Her skin was as white as snow.
This product is a white form liquid of shallow milk.
colour
白色
雪白
乳白
the colour of fresh snow or of milk
with milk added.
pale because of emotion or illness
belonging to or connected with a race of people who have pale skin
Adj.
She writes about her experiences as a black girl in a predominantly white city.
白人的,白种人的
She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.
脸色苍白的
Two white coffees, please.
加牛奶的
with milk added.
White wine is pale yellow in colour
completely fair or honest
Adj.
The government must be seen to be whiter than white.
完全诚实清白;纯洁无瑕
I bought a bottle of Californian white.
(葡萄酒)白的,淡黄色的
Two white coffees, please.
加牛奶的
N.
1.a member of a race or people who have pale skin
He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache.
白种人;白人
2.white wine
Would you like red or white
白葡萄酒
3.the part of an egg that surrounds the yolk (= the yellow part)
Use the whites of two eggs.
蛋白;蛋清
4.the white part of the eye
The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.
眼白;白眼珠
N.
5.white clothes, sheets, etc. when they are separated from coloured ones to be washed
Don't wash whites and coloureds together.
要洗涤的白色衣服(或床单等)
6.white clothes worn for playing some sports
He likes tennis whites
白色运动服
7.family name; last name;
His last name is white.
【姓氏】怀特
paint or turn (something) white.
V.
The worker whited the tree.
把(某物)涂成白色
Idioms
1.white elephant
Meaning: a useless, an unwanted possession that often costs money to maintain.
意思:无用的,不需要的累赘物,通常会花费很多钱来维护它。
Sample Sentence: Your car is a white elephant, as it often breaks down, causing you too much expenditure.
例句:你的车就是个累赘,经常抛锚给你带来那么多花销。
2.white lie
Meaning: a harmless or small lie told to be polite or to avoid hurting someone’s feelings.
意思:一个没有恶意的或小的谎言,谎言的目的是为了礼貌或避免伤害某人的情感。
Sample Sentence: He told a white lie when his father asked where he was going.
例句:当他爸爸问他要去哪儿时,他撒了一个善意的谎言。
3.white as a sheet
Meaning: pale
意思:苍白
Sample Sentence: Jane was as white as a sheet because of the illness she had suffered for months.
例句:由于数月病痛折磨,简的脸色面如白纸。
4.raise (or wave) a white flag
Meaning: to indicate that you have been defeated and you want to give up
意思:暗示你被打败了,你愿意放弃。
Sample Sentence: After we captured them, they had to raise a white flag.
例句:当我们抓住他们后,他们不得不举手投降。
5. white-tie event/affair
Meaning: an event that requires guests to wear formal dress such as men wearing white bow ties with formal evening attire
意思:要求客人穿着正装的场合,例如男人着正式晚礼服,带白色蝴蝶结领结。
Sample Sentence: There was a white-tie wedding ceremony last week which I had to attend.
例句:上周我不得不参加一个白色领结结婚典礼。
6.white war 不流血的战争,常指“经济竞争”
What we face is the white war today。
今天我们面临的是没有硝烟的战争。
7.white night 不眠之夜
He spent a white night.
他度过了一个不眠之夜。
8.hang out the white flag 认输、投降
The besieged city at length hung out the white flag.
被围城市终于投降了。
9. a very white man 非常忠实可靠的人
Mr. Brown is a very white man.
布朗先生是个非常忠实可靠的人。
10.bleed someone white 榨尽某人的钱财
The tax man is trying to bleed me white.
税务员正想榨干我的血汗钱。
11.white hope 被指望大可获得成功的人或物
He was once the great white hope of British boxing.
他曾一度是英国拳击的希望所在。
12. white about the gills 非常害怕
He looked white about the gills when he saw a black shadow in the moon light.
他在月光下看到了一个黑影,吓得脸色发白。
metaphorical meaning
Metaphor is the process by which people establish similar associations with the unknown based on their existing experiences in order to understand the conceptual scope of the unknown. And in the case of colour words, the concept of colour is based on certain common prototypes.
1.纯洁的,高尚的:a white spirit(纯洁的心灵),a white soul(心地纯洁),white moment of life(人生得意之时);
2.清白的:white-handed(清白的,诚实的);
3.失败:white flag(白旗);
4.高温:white heat, white hot;
5.大而无用的:white elephant;
6.空白的,空闲的:white spaces on the sheet;
7.幸运:a white day;
8.善意的,无害的:a white lie(善意的谎言),white magic(有美好动机的魔术);awhiteman(善良,有教养的人);
9.中产的:white collar(白领阶层);white bread(迎合白人中产阶级口味的);
10.便宜:whit esale(大减价);
11.正式的:a white tie occasion(正式场合);
12.掩盖事实的:white wash(粉饰;掩盖真相);
13.噪音,杂音:white noise(指收音机或电视机未调好频道前发出的噪音);
14.神经紧张的,怯懦的:white knuckled(神经紧张的;害怕的);
15.无眠的,睡不着的:white night;
16.家用的:white goods
17.苍白的,不健康的:white face;
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