单词 | whiteout |
释义 | whiteout (once / 118194 pages) 1nv 2v WORD FAMILY whiteout: whiteouts USAGE EXAMPLESPolice say they determined she was driving when she encountered extreme whiteout conditions from Thursday’s lake-effect storm. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) Gusts of up to 60 mph are expected to cause whiteout conditions. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) Midway up the mountain, snow and whiteout conditions forced him to hunker down, unable to resupply from a cache less than a thousand feet below. National Geographic(Oct 10, 2016) 1 1n an arctic atmospheric condition with clouds over snow produce a uniform whiteness and objects are difficult to see; occurs when the light reflected off the snow equals the light coming through the clouds Hyper snow, snowfall precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals 2v lose daylight visibility in heavy fog, snow, or rain 2Syn|Hyper white-out lose fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense v cover up with a liquid correction fluid Syn|Hyper white out cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered |
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