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whitewash
KK:[`hwaɪtˏwɑʃ] DJ:[`hwaitwɔʃ]
n.
1. 白涂料, 石灰水[U]
2. 粉饰; 掩盖真相[C][U]
The official report on the Kennedy assassination was whitewash.
甘乃迪谋杀案的官方报导是掩饰之辞。
What he said was a load of whitewash.
他所说的是一大堆掩盖真相的话。
That whole affair was a whitewash.
那整个事件都是文过饰非。
3. (比赛以零分)惨败
vt.
1. 涂白, 粉刷
2. 粉饰; 掩饰
They tried hard to whitewash themselves.
他们力图粉饰自己。
3. 彻底击败(对手)
名复: whitewashes
动变: whitewashed; whitewashed; whitewashing
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chalk
embellish
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