English Dictionary

white

/waɪt/

adj

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light. / (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.

The walls of the room were painted white.

意味（1）

Bright and colourless; reflecting equal quantities of all frequencies of visible light.

Write in black ink on white paper.

意味（2）

(sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to Caucasians, people of European descent with light-coloured skin.

[…]more white corporations cognizant of the mounting purchasing power of the Negro consumer, have Negro representatives in the field[…].

意味（3）

(chiefly historical) Designated for use by Caucasians.

white drinking fountain

意味（4）

Relatively light or pale in colour.

white wine

意味（5）

Pale or pallid, as from fear, illness, etc.

Or whispering with white lips, The foe! / They come! they come!

意味（6）

(of a person or skin) Lacking coloration (tan) from ultraviolet light; not tanned.

意味（7）

(of an animal) Affected by leucism.

意味（8）

(of coffee or tea) Containing cream, milk, or creamer.

意味（9）

(board games, chess) The standard denomination of the playing pieces of a board game deemed to belong to the white set, no matter what the actual colour.

The white pieces in this set are in fact made of light green glass.

意味（10）

Pertaining to an ecclesiastical order whose adherents dress in white habits; Cistercian.

意味（11）

Honourable, fair; decent.

White as thy fame, and as thy honour clear.

意味（12）

Grey, as from old age; having silvery hair; hoary.

Your high engendered battles 'gainst a head / So old and white as this.

意味（13）

(archaic) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like; fortunate; happy; favourable.

On the whole, however, the dominie reckoned this as one of the white days of his life.

意味（14）

(obsolete) Regarded with especial favour; favourite; darling.

I am his white boy, and will not be gulled.

意味（15）

(politics) Pertaining to constitutional or anti-revolutionary political parties or movements.

Aimée de Coigny had always adopted with enthusiasm the political views of her ruling lover and she had thus already held nearly every shade of opinion from red republicanism to white reaction.

意味（16）

(of tea) Made from immature leaves and shoots.

Most often consisting of a budset pluck, a frost tea has the clarity and freshness of a white tea, with the richness and lingering finish of a finely crafted black tea.

意味（17）

(typography) Not containing characters; see white space.

意味（18）

(typography) Said of a symbol or character outline, not solid, not filled with color. Compare black (“said of a character or symbol filled with color”).

Compare two Unicode symbols: ☞ = WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX; ☛ = BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX

意味（19）

Characterised by the presence of snow.

a white Christmas

意味（20）

(of a set of armor) Alwhite, pertaining to white armor.

For instance, tyro jousters in fifteenth-century Iberia wore “white armor,” while experienced men wore surcoats over their harness (Fallows 2010, 80), while fabric-covered breastplates are depicted in many examples of fifteenth-century northern European art.