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白 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blackout noun A sudden, temporary loss of consciousness or memory.
  • blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  • dry adj Free from moisture; not wet.
  • pure adj Not mixed with anything else; free from impurities or contamination.
  • sapwood noun Sapwood is the paler, younger wood found just beneath the bark of a tree's stem or branch, distinct from the darker heartwood at its core.
  • white adj Reflecting all wavelengths of visible light equally; having the colour of snow or milk.
  • whiten verb To make something white or whiter, or to become that way, often by bleaching.
  • whiteness noun The quality or state of being white in colour.

Senses

白 is used for these senses in English:

  • White Russian Of or relating to Russians with tsarist or anti-Soviet sympathies in the period directly following the Revolution in 1917.
  • White Russian (historical) A White Guardist, a Russian who did not support the Socialists in the Revolution in 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1917–1923), and afterwards (e.g. as a White émigré).
  • akçe (historical) A silver coin minted during the Ottoman Empire, valued at one-third of a para.
  • blackout A temporary loss of memory.
  • blank A space to be filled in on a form or template.
  • dry (humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
  • pure (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
  • sapwood The wood just under the bark of a stem or branch; it differs from the heartwood in color and in physiologic activity (flow of sap).

blackout — full definition

  1. noun A sudden, temporary loss of consciousness or memory.
  2. noun A large-scale loss of electrical power over an area.
  3. noun A deliberate suppression of information or news.

blank — full definition

  1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
  2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
  3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
  4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
  5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.
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