意味: 白塗り、隠ぺい
例文: Chair-kun accused the report of being a whitewash.
チェアくんはその報告書を「事実の隠ぺいだ」と非難した。
定義: 相手選手またはチームを完封で破ること
コロケーション:
whitewashは2,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score
Noun: wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces
Noun: a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects
Verb: cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error
Verb: cover with whitewash
Verb: exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Verb: Let’s not whitewash the crimes of Stalin
Verb: She tried to gloss over her mistakes
Verb: whitewash walls
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): gloss over, hush up, sleek over, whitewash
Antonyms(反意語):
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): acquit, clearing, cover, defeat, wash
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): blackwash, calcimine, color wash, heartbreaker, lurch, purge, rout, shutout, thrashing, vindicate, vindication, waterloo, whitewash
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): calcimine
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: whitewash
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: technology
Usage Category: common
Usage Context: descriptive
Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
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Exam Level
英検1級
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Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
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