wash a blackamoor white

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To labour in vain, especially so as to present something as better than it really is; to whitewash. dated,idiomatic,offensive
    — It is not my Intention to put myself in a Perspiration concerning any of the Hieroglyphic Emblems, or Monstrosities of the Egyptians, for it is all Labour in vain, or washing a Blackamoor white.

词形变化

washes a blackamoor white present,singular,third-person washing a blackamoor white participle,present washed a blackamoor white participle,past washed a blackamoor white past wash the blackamoor white alternative wash blackamoors white alternative
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