English主要词典
white
Universal Words
adjective, noun
adjective (whiter, whitest)
1 having the colour of fresh snow or milk:
a crisp white shirt * white bread * a set of perfect white teeth * His hair was as white as snow. * The horse was almost pure white in colour.
2 belonging to or connected with a race of people who have pale skin:
white middle-class families * She writes about her experiences as a black girl in a predominantly white city.
3 (of the skin) pale because of emotion or illness:
white with anger / shock / fear * She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.
4 (BrE) (of tea or coffee) with milk added:
Two white coffees, please. * Do you take your coffee black or white?
compareBLACK
whiteness noun [U,sing.]
noun
1 [U] the colour of fresh snow or milk:
the pure white of the newly painted walls * She was dressed all in white.
2 [C,usually pl.] a member of a race or people who have pale skin
3 [U,C] white wine:
Would you like red or white? * a very dry white
4 [C,U] the part of an egg that surrounds the YOLK (= the yellow part):
Use the whites of two eggs.
5 [C,usually pl.] the white part of the eye:
The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.
6 (whites) [pl.] white clothes, sheets, etc. when they are separated from coloured ones to be washed: (BrE) Don't wash whites and coloureds together. * (AmE) Don't wash whites and colors together.
7 (whites) [pl.] white clothes worn for playing some sports:
cricket / tennis whites
IDIOMS see BLACKn.