white1 /waɪt/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj 1 colour 颜色CC having the colour of milk, salt, or snow 白的,白色的;雪白的pure/snow white (=completely white) 纯白/雪白的 2 people 人 a) SAbelonging to the race of people with pale skin 白种的 → black young white males 年轻的白种男性
b) SArelating to white people 白人的 a white neighborhood 白人居住区
3 CCCOLOUR/COLORpale 苍白的 looking pale, because of illness, strong emotion etc 〔面色〕苍白的,无血色的 Are you OK? You’re white as a sheet (=extremely pale). 你还好吧?你脸色煞白。
white with anger/fear etc Her voice shook, and her face was white with anger. 她气得声音颤抖,脸色发白。
4. DFDcoffee 咖啡 [usually before noun] British EnglishBrE white coffee has milk or cream in it 加牛奶[奶油]的 6. a white Christmas a Christmas when there is snow 有雪的圣诞节,白色圣诞节a white Christmas• Music piped from nowhere and everywhere with the dream of a white Christmas.• Who's been dreaming of a white Christmas?• Noreen was hoping for a white Christmas but she was going to be disappointed.• While many children were hoping for a white Christmas more than 500,000 families were packing their suitcases and heading for the sun.• Despite the cold snap, a white Christmas was an unlikely prospect for most people. 7 whiter than white completely morally good 〔道德上〕清清白白的,纯洁无瑕的 He said that he had never claimed to be whiter than white. 他说他从未说过自己道德上完美无瑕。
—whiteness noun [uncountableU]