单词 | whiteout |
释义 | whiteout /hwuyt"owt', wuyt"-/, n. 1. Meteorol. a. a condition, found in polar regions, in which uniform illumination from snow on the ground and from a low cloud layer makes features of the landscape indistinguishable. b. a condition of heavily falling or blowing snow in which visibility is very poor. 2. an act or instance of whiting out with a correction fluid. 3. a white correction fluid used for this: a bottle of whiteout. 4. a mistake, as in typing, that has been whited out with a correction fluid. [1940-45; (defs. 2-4) n. use of v. phrase white out; (def. 1) WHITE + (BLACK)OUT] |
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