whitewash /ˈwaɪtˌwɒʃ/ TEM8 ( whitewashing, whitewashed, whitewashes )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Whitewash is a mixture of lime or chalk and water that is used for painting walls white. (将墙壁刷成白色的) 石灰水

• 2. 

  V-T If a wall or building has been whitewashed, it has been painted white with whitewash. (用石灰水) 刷白

  例：

  The walls had been whitewashed.

  墙壁被粉刷成白色。

• 3. 

  V-T If you say that people whitewash something, you are accusing them of hiding the unpleasant facts or truth about it in order to make it acceptable. 粉饰 [表不满]

  例：

  The administration is whitewashing the regime's actions.

  政府正在粉饰该政权的行为。