白 — meaning in English
bái
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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.
- white adj Reflecting all wavelengths of visible light equally; having the colour of snow or milk.
- whiten verb (To cause) to become white or whiter; to bleach or blanch.
- 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
- noun A sudden, temporary loss of consciousness or memory.
- noun A large-scale loss of electrical power over an area.
- noun A deliberate suppression of information or news.
blank — full definition
- adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
- adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
- noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
- verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
- verb To deliberately ignore someone.