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You can picture the lightest colour there is—the colour of fresh snow, milk, or salt: bright, pale, with no other colour added. Everything else 'white' names, from pale faces to egg whites to a person's skin group, leans on that one bright, colourless brightness.

可以想成世界上最淺的那個顏色——新雪、牛奶、鹽巴的顏色：明亮、淡到幾乎沒有顏色。white 後面所有的意思，不管是發…更多收起可以想成世界上最淺的那個顏色——新雪、牛奶、鹽巴的顏色：明亮、淡到幾乎沒有顏色。white 後面所有的意思，不管是發白的臉、蛋白、白酒，還是用來指膚色淺的族群，全都靠著「這片明亮而幾乎無色的淺」這個畫面往外延伸。

原始詞典資料49 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Whitename詞源 1

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    A common British and Irish surname transferred from the nickname.

    • When Dana White barreled up to the microphone, at Donald Trump’s request, to say his piece on election night, it represented confirmation of the UFC CEO’s status as one of the key members of the president-elect’s inner circle.
  • 2

    A locale in the United States:

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    A locale in the United States:

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    A locale in the United States:

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    A locale in the United States:

Whitenoun詞源 2

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    historicalgovernmentpoliticsAn anticommunist who fought against the Reds during the Russian Civil War; the term is mostly associated with monarchist forces.

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    board-gameschessgamesThe player moving the white pieces.

    • The eight files (from left to right for White and from right to left for Black) are indicated by the small letters, a, b, c, d, e, f, g and h, respectively.

whiteadj/ˈwaɪt/

  • 1

    Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

    • Write in black ink on white paper.
    • white as the whitest lily on a stream.
  • 2

    Of or relating to Europeans or those of European descent, regardless if their skin has cool or warm undertones.

  • 3

    Of or relating to Caucasians (people with white complexion and European ancestry).

    • […]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].
    • Ms. Ringwald finds a few things about these films regrettable. One thing she found "significantly disturbing," she wrote, "was how white the films are."
  • 4

    By U.S. Census Bureau definition, of or relating to people hailing from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

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    historicalDesignated for use by Caucasians.

    • white drinking fountain
    • white hospital
  • 6

    Relatively light or pale in colour.

    • white wine
    • white grapes
  • 7

    Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

    • Or whispering with white lips, "The foe! / They come! they come!"
  • 8

    Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

另外 14 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    With leucism.

    • Why should the birthplace of the gods in ancient Egyptian times align with the birthplace of the White Lions in our times?
  • 10

    Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

  • 11

    board-gameschessgamesThe standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

    • The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.
    • Consequently, in the initial position the white pieces and pawns are placed on the first and second ranks; the black pieces and pawns on the eighth and seventh ranks.
  • 12

    Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.

    • a white monk
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    offensiveHonourable, fair, decent, kind; generous.

    • White as thy fame, and as thy honour clear.
    • 'The preacher had not proceeded far in his sermon,' said the man, ' before I thought him the whitest man I ever saw. My hat was instantly taken off and thrown under the seat, and I found myself listening with the most profound attention.'
  • 14

    Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.

    • Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head / So old and white as this.
  • 15

    archaicCharacterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.

    • On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.
  • 16

    obsoleteRegarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.

    • I am his white boy, and will not be gulled.
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    governmentpoliticsPertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.

    • Aimée de Coigny had always adopted with enthusiasm the political views of her ruling lover and she had thus already held nearly every shade of opinion from red republicanism to white reaction.
  • 18

    Made from immature leaves and shoots.

    • Most often consisting of a budset pluck, a frost tea has the clarity and freshness of a white tea, with the richness and lingering finish of a finely crafted black tea.
  • 19

    mediapublishingtypographyNot containing characters; see white space.

  • 20

    mediapublishingtypographySaid of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).

    • Compare two Unicode symbols: ☞ = "WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX"; ☛ = "BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX"
  • 21

    Characterised by the presence of snow.

    • a white Christmas
    • a white Easter
  • 22

    Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

    • For instance, tyro jousters in fifteenth-century Iberia wore “white armor,” while experienced men wore surcoats over their harness (Fallows 2010, 80), while fabric-covered breastplates are depicted in many examples of fifteenth-century northern European art.

whitenoun/ˈwaɪt/

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    The color of snow or milk; the color of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths.

    • Not only were the platforms tiled in white, the tunnels were painted white too - to prettify them, and make them less claustrophobic - and the Central proudly issued a postcard of its tunnel-whitening machine.
  • 2

    A person of European descent with light-colored skin.

    • The Indians carried first our canoes and then our stores through the brushwood, which is very thick at this point, while we four whites, our rifles on our shoulders, walked between them and any danger coming from the woods.
    • We could have ridden for weeks, possibly months, and never seen a white man had it not been that Laurie was riding from scattered white to white.
  • 3

    Any butterfly of the subfamily Pierinae in the family Pieridae.

    • Several other beautiful butterflies rewarded my search in this place [...] The most abundant butterflies were the whites and yellows (Pieridae), several of which I had already found at Lombock and at Coupang, while others were new to me.
  • 4

    White wine.

    • A bottle of red, a bottle of white / It all depends upon your appetite / I'll meet you any time you want / In our Italian Restaurant.
    • Those were my first impressions of wine: Ladies drink chilled, soft white while they gossip in the kitchen; old men drink strong, room-temperature red to get shellacked.
  • 5

    White coffee

  • 6

    Any object or substance that is of the color white.

  • 7

    anatomymedicinesciencesAny object or substance that is of the color white.

    • You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening.
  • 8

    ball-gamesbilliardsgamesAny object or substance that is of the color white.

另外 8 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    slangAny object or substance that is of the color white.

    • I've got to hit the streets; I've got to move this white.
    • Ten grand a week we were clearing: base, white, meth, weed, anything. I can get you anything to get you high.
  • 10

    Any object or substance that is of the color white.

  • 11

    Any object or substance that is of the color white.

    • Venice white
  • 12

    Any object or substance that is of the color white.

    • Nearly two-thirds of the Idaho crop has been great northerns, one-sixth small reds, and the remainder small flat whites and pintos and seed for snap beans and baby limas (table 21).
  • 13

    archerygovernmenthobbiesThe central part of the butt, which was formerly painted white; the centre of a mark at which a missile is shot.

    • 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white.
  • 14

    The enclosed part of a letter of the alphabet, especially when handwritten.

    • Also it giueth a great grace to your writing, if the whites of certeine letters bee made of one equall bignesse with the o. supposing the same were all round, as the white of the b. of the a. p. y. v. w. x. q. d. g. and s.
    • […] the a. b. d. g. o. p. q. &c. […] must be made with equal whites.
  • 15

    A feather, from the wing of the cock ostrich, that is of the palest possible shade.

    • 3.—Wing-Quills or Remiges; Whites and Feminas.—The wing-quills are the largest feathers in the wing, and are arranged in a single row. They include the “Whites” in the cock, and the “Feminas” in the hen, as well as the “Byocks” or “Fancies” in the cock.
    • The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadonas, boos, drabs and floss.
  • 16

    board-gameschessgamesThe person playing with the white set of pieces.

    • In this position, white has an opportunity to make a good move.
    • 1...Qd3 2 Ne1 Nd2! wins since 3 Nxd3 Rxf1 mate while 3 Qxc7+ Kg6 only delays the end. The best White can do is 3 Qc3+ Qxc3 4 Rxc3 Rxe1 when Black also wins the Bf1 and will be two pieces up.

whiteverb/ˈwaɪt/

  • 1

    To make white; to whiten; to bleach.

    • Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
    • so as no fuller on earth can white them

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