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单词 lily-white
释义 lily-white
  adj.   /lil"ee hwuyt", -wuyt"/;  n.   /lil"ee hwuyt', -wuyt'/,  adj.  
  1. white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
  2. pure; untouched by corruption or imperfection; above reproach: He tries to pass himself off as some sort of lily-white saint, but he's not.
  3. designating or pertaining to any faction, organization, or group opposing the inclusion of blacks, esp. in political or social life.
  n.  
  4. a member of a lily-white organization, esp. a member of a former faction of the Republican party in the South opposed to the inclusion of blacks in the party or in political life in general.
 [1275-1325; ME lylie-whyt]
 Syn. 3. segregated, discriminatory, unintegrated.
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