whiteoutn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtaʊt/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌaʊt/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to white out.

Etymology: < to white out (see white v.¹), after blackout n.

1. Originally and chiefly North American.

a. A blizzard or snowstorm that severely reduces visibility.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > blizzard

purga1824

blizzard1859

buran1886

whiteout1939

1939 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 2 Dec. 2/5 Snow began falling on the capital, raising hopes..for a ‘whiteout’ which would hide objectives from enemy bombers.

1980 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) May 66 Blizzards—white-outs they call them here [sc. in Labrador]—bring snow that whirls and thrashes and blinds.

1998 A. Shreve Pilot's Wife (1999) 176 She glanced up at the white-out beyond the windows. Already there was a significant accumulation on the lawn.

b. A disorienting meteorological condition of a continuous white cloud layer over open snow or ice-covered ground, in which neither shadows nor the horizon can be seen and physical features are lost in the background. Also as a mass noun.

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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > white-out

whiteout1946

1946 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 7/2 The ‘Arctic whiteout’.., a condition of the snow country wherein all land features are camouflaged, ‘blending earth and sky so that the horizon and all landmarks are indistinguishable’.

1959 V. Fuchs Antarctic Adventure vii. 96 A whiteout is something like a blackout in reverse... No surface irregularities in the snow are visible in the diffused, opaque light, but a dark object like a man or a vehicle may be clearly seen.

1984 Times 5 Jan. 9/4 When whiteout exists, by the interaction of sunlight, snow, cloud and reflection, it induces the belief in a pilot that he is flying over flat terrain with unlimited forward visibility.

2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 67 The water and ice assume a disorienting sameness, similar to being lost in a whiteout.

2. A white correction fluid used to cover textual errors.

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the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > device for erasing > fluid

Tipp-Ex1962

Liquid Paper1968

whiteout1977

1977 L. O'Donnell Aftershock xiii. 180 You changed the date... Did you cover the original entries with a strip of paper, or did you use white-out?

1999 D. M. Casperson Power Etiquette iv. 73 Avoid using whiteout to correct spelling errors and misprinting.

2008 R. Salkowitz Generation Blend 50 How..could anyone possibly prefer the mess and fuss of typewriter ribbons and whiteout to the elegant convenience of the Delete key?

2011 P. L. Pearce Study of Tourism i. 6 Few older researchers will remember with any fondness the painstaking process of manually retyping whole manuscripts or correcting errors with..‘White Out’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whiteout
释义	whiteoutn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtaʊt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌaʊt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: English to white out. Etymology: < to white out (see white v.¹), after blackout n. 1. Originally and chiefly North American. a. A blizzard or snowstorm that severely reduces visibility. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > snow > [noun] > the falling of snow > blizzard purga1824 blizzard1859 buran1886 whiteout1939 1939 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 2 Dec. 2/5 Snow began falling on the capital, raising hopes..for a ‘whiteout’ which would hide objectives from enemy bombers. 1980 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) May 66 Blizzards—white-outs they call them here [sc. in Labrador]—bring snow that whirls and thrashes and blinds. 1998 A. Shreve Pilot's Wife (1999) 176 She glanced up at the white-out beyond the windows. Already there was a significant accumulation on the lawn. b. A disorienting meteorological condition of a continuous white cloud layer over open snow or ice-covered ground, in which neither shadows nor the horizon can be seen and physical features are lost in the background. Also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > light from the sky > white-out whiteout1946 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Apr. 7/2 The ‘Arctic whiteout’.., a condition of the snow country wherein all land features are camouflaged, ‘blending earth and sky so that the horizon and all landmarks are indistinguishable’. 1959 V. Fuchs Antarctic Adventure vii. 96 A whiteout is something like a blackout in reverse... No surface irregularities in the snow are visible in the diffused, opaque light, but a dark object like a man or a vehicle may be clearly seen. 1984 Times 5 Jan. 9/4 When whiteout exists, by the interaction of sunlight, snow, cloud and reflection, it induces the belief in a pilot that he is flying over flat terrain with unlimited forward visibility. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 67 The water and ice assume a disorienting sameness, similar to being lost in a whiteout. 2. A white correction fluid used to cover textual errors. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > device for erasing > fluid Tipp-Ex1962 Liquid Paper1968 whiteout1977 1977 L. O'Donnell Aftershock xiii. 180 You changed the date... Did you cover the original entries with a strip of paper, or did you use white-out? 1999 D. M. Casperson Power Etiquette iv. 73 Avoid using whiteout to correct spelling errors and misprinting. 2008 R. Salkowitz Generation Blend 50 How..could anyone possibly prefer the mess and fuss of typewriter ribbons and whiteout to the elegant convenience of the Delete key? 2011 P. L. Pearce Study of Tourism i. 6 Few older researchers will remember with any fondness the painstaking process of manually retyping whole manuscripts or correcting errors with..‘White Out’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1939
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