1.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词 (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.

2.VERB 动词 用石灰水粉刷 If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash.

【语法信息】：be V-ed

【语法信息】：V-ed

The walls had been whitewashed.墙已经用石灰水刷过了。

...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇

3.VERB 动词 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.

【语法信息】：V n

【语用信息】：disapproval

The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions...政府在粉饰该政权的行为。

'The whole incident was whitewashed,' he claimed yesterday.“整个事件都已经被粉饰过了，”他昨日声称。

4.N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词 粉饰;掩饰 Whitewash is an attempt to hide the unpleasant facts or truth about someone or something.

【搭配模式】：also a N

【语用信息】：disapproval

He pledged that there would be no whitewash and that the police would carry out a full investigation...他保证将不会有任何掩饰，并且警方将进行全面调查。

The report's findings were condemned as total whitewash.这份报告最后的结论被谴责为彻头彻尾的粉饰。

5.VERB 动词 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.

【语法信息】：V n

【FIELD标签】：mainly JOURNALISM 主新闻

Not since 1988 had she whitewashed an opponent in her opening match...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.他们的主力阵容以0比4惨败。