n (1)白色涂料(mixture of lime and water)[U]： W～is usually made of lime and water. 石灰水通常是用石灰和水調(diào)成的。mix another bucket of～再配一桶白涂料; put～on ... 在……上粉刷白涂料;The～came off. 墻上的白涂料脫落了。
(2)粉(掩)飾(allowance for faults)[C，U](fig)： The whole affair was a～. 整個(gè)事件是一種刻意粉飾的假象。The editor declined this article as a～. 編輯把這篇文章視為一種粉飾而退稿。apply a thick coat of～大加掩飾; What she said was a load of～. 她所說的只是一大堆粉飾之詞。
vt(1)粉刷(paint)[T+n]：～a wall/the outside of the cottage/a country cottage 粉刷墻/住所的外墻/鄉(xiāng)間別墅;〖同〗paint;
(2)粉(掩)飾(try to hide unpleasant facts about sb/sth)[T+n]：～the entire business 掩飾了整個(gè)事情;To～somebody is to cover up or excuse his faults. 粉飾某人就是掩蓋他的缺點(diǎn)或?yàn)樗娜秉c(diǎn)辯解。The committee's report tried to～the senator's misdeeds/this country's situation. 委員會(huì)的報(bào)告試圖掩飾參議員的不端行為/這個(gè)國家的形勢(shì)。