whitewash
🇬🇧/ˈwaɪtwɒʃ/ 🇺🇸/ˈwaɪtwɑːʃ/noun [专属名词] 粉饰；白色涂料；石灰水
His wife had wanted to whitewash his reputation after he died. 他妻子在他死后本来想粉饰他的名声。
verb [vt. 及物动词] vt. 掩饰；把……刷白
If he hadn't run out of whitewash he would have bankrupted every boy in the village. 要不是他的灰浆用光了，他会让村里的每个孩子都破产的。
