英汉词典

white 基本解释

• adj. 白色的；白种的；纯洁的
• n. 白色；洁白；白种人

white 词态变化

white 中文词源

来自PIE*kweit,白色，照耀，词源同wheat.

white 英文词源

white

white: [OE] White goes back ultimately to Indo- European *kwitnos or *kwidnos, which was formed from the same base as produced Sanskrit sveta- ‘white’ and Russian svet ‘light’. It passed into prehistoric Germanic as *khwītaz, which has since evolved into German weiss, Swedish vit, Danish hvid, and English white (Dutch wit comes from a variant of the same Germanic source). Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain.
=> wheat, whitsun

white (adj.)

Old English hwit "bright, radiant; clear, fair," also as a noun (see separate entry), from Proto-Germanic *hwitaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit, Old Norse hvitr, Dutch wit, Old High German hwiz, German weiß, Gothic hveits), from PIE *kweid-o-, suffixed form of root *kweit- "white; to shine" (cognates: Sanskrit svetah "white;" Old Church Slavonic sviteti "to shine," svetu "light;" Lithuanian šviesti "to shine," svaityti "to brighten").

As a surname, originally with reference to fair hair or complexion, it is one of the oldest in English, being well-established before the Conquest. Meaning "morally pure" was in Old English. Association with royalist causes is late 18c. Slang sense of "honorable, fair" is 1877, American English; in Middle English it meant "gracious, friendly, favorable." The racial sense "of those races (chiefly European or of European extraction) characterized by light complexion" is recorded from c. 1600; meaning "characteristic of or pertaining to white people" is from 1852, American English. White supremacy attested from 1884, American English; white flight is from 1966, American English.

White way "brightly illuminated street in a big city" is from 1908. White flag of truce or surrender is from c. 1600. White lie is attested from 1741. White Christmas is attested from 1847. White House as the name of the U.S. presidential residence is recorded from 1811. White water "river rapids" is recorded from 1580s. White Russian "language of Byelorussia" is recorded from 1850; the mixed drink is from c. 1978. Astronomical white dwarf is from 1924. White witch, one who used the power for good, is from 1620s.

white (n.)

Old English hwit "whiteness, white food, white of an egg," from white (adj.). Also in late Old English "a highly luminous color devoid of chroma." Meaning "white part of the eyeball" is from c. 1400. Meaning "white man, person of a race distinguished by light complexion" is from 1670s; white man in this sense is from 1690s. White man's burden is from Kipling's 1899 poem.

Take up the White Man's burden--
The savage wars of peace--
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.

white 词组搭配

white 英文释义

1. the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

2. (board games) the lighter pieces

3. (usually in the plural) trousers

white 双语例句

1. The overhead light was covered now with a white globe.

现在，顶灯已装上了一个白色球状罩子。

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2. She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.

她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。

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3. Meanwhile, melt the white chocolate in a bowl suspended over simmering water.

同时，把碗置于微沸的水上，将白巧克力放入碗中使其熔化。

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4. Queen Mary started the fashion for blue and white china in England.

玛丽女王开启了青花瓷在英格兰的流行风尚。

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5. The White House quickly announced that the policy is under review.

白宫很快宣布该项政策正在审核中。

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white 实用场景例句

a crisp white shirt

一件挺括的白衬衫

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white bread

白面包

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a set of perfect white teeth

一口洁白无瑕的牙齿

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His hair was as white as snow .

他头发雪白。

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The horse was almost pure white in colour.

那匹马几乎是纯白色。

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white middle-class families

白人中产阶级家庭

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She writes about her experiences as a black girl in a predominantly white city.

她写的是自己身为一个黑人姑娘在以白人为主的城市里的经历。

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white with shock

震惊得脸色发白

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She went white as a sheet when she heard the news.

她听到这消息时脸色变得煞白。

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Two white coffees, please.

请来两杯加牛奶的咖啡。

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Do you take your coffee black or white?

你喝咖啡加不加牛奶？

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the pure white of the newly painted walls

新粉刷的墙壁的纯白色

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She was dressed all in white.

她穿着一身白色的衣服。

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Would you like red or white?

你喜欢喝红葡萄酒还是白葡萄酒？

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a very dry white

特干白葡萄酒

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Use the whites of two eggs.

用两个鸡蛋的蛋清。

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The whites of her eyes were bloodshot.

她的白眼珠布满血丝。

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(British English)Don't wash whites and coloureds together.

别把白色衣服和带颜色的衣服一块洗。

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(North Amercian English)Don't wash whites and colors together.

别把白色衣服和带颜色的衣服一起洗。

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He had nice square white teeth...

他的牙齿洁白而整齐，十分好看。

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Issa's white beach hat gleamed in the harsh lights...

伊萨的白色沙滩帽在刺眼的阳光下闪闪发亮。

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Working with white people hasn't been a problem for me or for them...

和白人共事对我、对他们来说都不是个问题。

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He was white, with brown shoulder-length hair and a moustache.

他是个白人，留着棕色的齐肩发并蓄着小胡子。

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Richard had gone very white, but he stood his ground...

理查德脸都白了，但还是坚持自己的立场。

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He turned white and began to stammer...

他脸色发白，说话开始结巴。

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Gregory poured another glass of white wine and went back to his bedroom.

格雷戈里又倒了一杯白葡萄酒后回到了卧室。

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Wayne has a large white coffee in front of him.

韦恩面前摆着一大杯加了牛奶的咖啡。

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...practitioners of white magic...

施善意法术的人

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They claim to be white witches.

她们自称是善良的女巫。

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There was a Frenchman sitting at the next table, immaculate in tennis whites.

邻桌坐着位法国人，穿着非常整洁的白色网球服。

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