lily-white
['lili'hwait]
- adj. 纯白的；纯真的；无瑕疵的
英英释义
- 1. 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"
- 2. a pure white color
实用场景例句
- They want me to conform, to be lily-white.
- 他们要我循规蹈矩，要我清白无瑕。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Lily: It's nice to meet you, Jessica. My name is Lily White.
- 李莉: 认识你很高兴, 杰丝卡,我叫李莉. 怀特.
互联网
- The heroine was a tall, slim blonde with lily - white skin.
- 女主人公长得很高, 身材苗条,皮肤洁白.
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- Across the Natiao mountain, when you about over the grass, then beam the wild lily white?
- 跨过那条山间的时候,你是否在意过草丛中, 那束洁白的野百合?
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- He tries to pass himself off as some sort of lily - white saint, but he's not.
- 他想冒充有几分像是洁白无瑕的圣者, 但他根本就不是.
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中文词源
lily-white 白暂的
比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.
- 我们坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形势的细节情况又补充说明了一下。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lily lives in a penthouse just off Park Avenue.
- 莉莉住在公园大道附近的一套顶层豪华公寓里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I rode to Lily's in a cab.
- 我乘出租车去了莉莉家。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Lily was in one of her aggressive moods.
- 莉莉当时不依不饶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Steve seems to have made a real conquest of Lily. They're always together.
- 史蒂夫好像真的赢得了莉莉的芳心. 他们总是在一起.
来自《简明英汉词典》
英文词源
- lily-white (adj.)
- early 14c., from lily + white; from 1903 with reference to whites-only segregation; 1964 as "irreproachable."