純潔無暇：white的用法和辨析

I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone, if possible, Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.

——Charlie Chanplin

我無意統治或征服任何人，我只想盡我所能幫助所有人，不論是猶太人、非猶太人、黑人，還是白人。我們都要互相幫助，人類本性如此。

——查理·卓別林

一、你知道white有幾種含義嗎？

adj.

1.白的；白色的 having the colour of fresh snow or of milk

Her dusky mouth was parted slightly to show tiny white teeth.

她那暗色的嘴微微啓開，露出潔白的小牙齒。

2.白種人的；白人的 belonging to or connected with a race of people who have pale skin

It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede.

據說說那個白人軍官是個瑞典人。

3.（皮膚）臉色蒼白的 pale because of emotion or illness

He was white with fury.

他氣得臉色發白。

4.【英】（茶或咖啡）加牛奶的 with milk added

An American Breakfast with orange juice, fried eggs sunny-side up, ham, rolls and white coffee.

一份美式早餐，橙汁，煎一面的雞蛋，火腿，小圓麪包和加牛奶的咖啡。

n.

1.（whites）白種人；白人 [U] a member of a race or people who have pale skin

That restaurant used to serve whites only.

那家餐廳過去只接待白人。

2.蛋白；蛋清 the part of an egg that surrounds the yolk

Will you please beat the yolks and whites seperately?

請將蛋清與蛋黃分着打好嗎？

3.（whites）眼白；白眼珠 [C] the white part of the eye

The white of his eyes shone in his sun-brown face.

他那雪亮的眼白在褐色的臉上炯炯發光。

二、你知道white和哪些詞更搭嗎？

white elephant

n. 昂貴而又無用的東西，耗資巨大的累贅

white heat

白熱化,白熾

white lie

n.無惡意的謊言,小謊 善意的謊言

white man's burden

白種人的責任

white pages

白頁,(在internet上爲網絡用戶提供電子郵件地址、電話號碼的數據庫)

三、學會white了嗎？來做個填詞遊戲吧

Wash the _____ clothes together, and the blue one separately.

那些白衣服放在一起洗， 這件藍的要單洗。