whiteout
n. [气]乳白天空(极地的一种大气光象),因暴露于恶劣环境而引起的临时性失明
发音
AU
/ˌwaɪtˈaʊt/
词形变化
whiteouts
复数
whiteouts
别名
white-out
释义与例句
n.
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A heavy snowstorm; a blizzard.
暴风雪
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Any weather condition in which visibility and contrast are severely reduced by snow or sand causing the horizon and physical features of the terrain to disappear.
乳白天空
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3.
Correction fluid (from the brand name Wite-Out).
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4.
A sporting event where all in attendance are urged to wear white apparel.
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The simulated erasure of a file, etc. on a read-only volume.
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The suppression of a story by the media, analogously to deleting information with correction fluid.
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The silencing of voices and perspectives other than those of white people.
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词汇关系
词源
Deverbal from white out.
来源:wiktionary