كيف تنطق "whitewash"
word
ˈhwaɪtˌwɑʃ/, /ˈwaɪtˌwɑʃ
HWYTE-wawsh or WYTE-wawsh
wˈaɪtwɒʃ
WYTE-wosh
التعريف
To paint something with a white liquid made from lime and water. It is also used figuratively to mean covering up mistakes, wrongdoing, or unpleasant facts to make things look better.
نسخ IPA
الإنجليزية الأمريكية
ˈhwaɪtˌwɑʃ/, /ˈwaɪtˌwɑʃ
الإنجليزية البريطانية
wˈaɪtwɒʃ
نطق مبسط
أمريكي
HWYTE-wawsh or WYTE-wawsh
بريطاني
WYTE-wosh
استمع في السياق
They decided to whitewash the old fence.
The report tried to whitewash the company's mistakes.
They whitewashed the wall before painting it blue.
The government tried to whitewash the scandal in the media.