Whitewash

(noun.) a specious or deceptive clearing that attempts to gloss over failings and defects.

(noun.) wash consisting of lime and size in water; used for whitening walls and other surfaces.

(noun.) a defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score.

(verb.) exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data.

(verb.) cover with whitewash; 'whitewash walls'.

(verb.) cover up a misdemeanor, fault, or error; 'Let's not whitewash the crimes of Stalin'; 'She tried to gloss over her mistakes'.

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• Anyhow, with whitewash from the wall on my forehead, my obstinacy was adamantine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The lime destroys the color, and the color has an effect on the whitewash which makes it crack and peel. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Whitewash on the forehead hardens the brain into a state of obstinacy perhaps. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• They are very thick, and are often plastered and whitewashed and capped with projecting slabs of cut stone. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• In front of him was one of the whitewashed stones that marked the edge of the road. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The walls were whitewashed as white as milk, and the patchwork counterpane made my eyes quite ache with its brightness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• We took our last look at the city, clinging like a whitewashed wasp's nest to the hill-side, and at eight o'clock in the morning departed. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• There was George Kitely, Lord Ragland's son, went through the Court last week, and was what they call whitewashed, I believe. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A metal roof reflects so much light that the eyes are dazzled by it, and a whitewashed fence injures the eyes because of the glare which comes from the reflected light. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• With dramatic suddenness he struck a match, and by its light exposed a stain of blood upon the whitewashed wall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You would wonder what this privilege of _whitewashing_ is: I will endeavour to give you some idea of the ceremony, as I have seen it performed. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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