White

(noun.) (board games) the lighter pieces.

(noun.) the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black).

(noun.) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri.

(noun.) a member of the Caucasoid race.

(noun.) United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918).

(noun.) United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985).

(noun.) United States architect (1853-1906).

(noun.) United States political journalist (1915-1986).

(noun.) Australian writer (1912-1990).

(noun.) United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921).

(adj.) of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; 'voting patterns within the white population' .

(adj.) of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; 'white nights' .

(adj.) being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; 'as white as fresh snow'; 'a bride's white dress' .

(adj.) (of hair) having lost its color; 'the white hairs of old age' .

(adj.) (of coffee) having cream or milk added .

(adj.) benevolent; without malicious intent; 'that's white of you' .

(adj.) glowing white with heat; 'white flames'; 'a white-hot center of the fire' .

(adj.) restricted to whites only; 'under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains'; 'a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization' .

(adj.) marked by the presence of snow; 'a white Christmas'; 'the white hills of a northern winter' .

(adj.) free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; 'in shining white armor' .

埃米尔编辑

• The duties of her married life, contemplated as so great beforehand, seemed to be shrinking with the furniture and the white vapor-walled landscape. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I thought to myself, as I put out the candle; the woman in white? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Bradley, very white, sat looking at him in silence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He showed me the silhouettes before he pasted them on white paper and handed them to the girls. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Very little white satin, very few lace veils; a most pitiful business! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• And thus young Lord Greystoke took the first step toward the goal which he had set--the finding of other white men like himself. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They stood looking at each other; Mr. Gradgrind's face as white as the pursuer's. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The whites of the eyes were yellow and it was the jaundice. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The Indians of the United States are now largely gathered into reservations and their former dress, arms and habits are being gradually changed for those of the whites. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They murdered all whom they found, and among others the chief Shaheas, who had been always distinguished for his friendship to the whites. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The whites could not toil without becoming degraded, and those who did were denominated poor white trash. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The evening was fast closing in; and from time to time, he turned the whites of his eyes restlessly and impatiently towards his father. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Mr. Stiggins raised his hands, and turned up his eyes, until the whites- -or rather the yellows--were alone visible; but made no reply in words. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The black hair of many of these dark whites is straight, but never so strong and waveless as the hair of the yellow peoples. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The finger-marks are something whiter for the instant, but he walks on at her side. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She trembled, her eyes were fixed on the ground, and her lips became whiter than even sickness had left them. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• The paleness grew whiter on her face, and she turned it farther away from me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Monseigneur, he was whiter than the miller. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Hand was a deal whiter, a deal delicater, and a deal smaller, returns Jo. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• By way of making the white one whiter, Bella hastened to stipulate that he was not in pain. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She had become gradually, within the last few moments, whiter and whiter in the face. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• You think I'm an old woman whose ideas are bounded by Milton, and whose own crow is the whitest ever seen. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• A dim light shewed me Alfred on a couch; Clara trembling, and paler than whitest snow, had raised him on her arm, holding a cup of water to his lips. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• These edifices were all built of the whitest Pentelic marble, but have a pinkish stain upon them now. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• His linen was of the very whitest, finest, and stiffest; his wig of the glossiest, blackest, and curliest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Every one thinks his own crow the whitest, he said gayly; but come, leave off arguing about the merits of your respective lady-loves. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.

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