-wash

后缀

英文释义

后缀
  1. To coat with, or a coating of, paint of the colour specified. morpheme
    — At present, successive coats of yellowwash fill up the rich decoration of this doorway, so that its beauty is not brought out to the eye of the unpractised visitor.
  2. To focus on, or an act of focussing on, a supposedly positive aspect of an organisation in order to distract from or downplay negative perceptions. morpheme
    — They are likely to remain small and relatively marginalized niche markets, even as some of their rhetoric is appropriated by the TNCs for use as marketing gimmicks and bluewash.
  3. An overwhelming victory by a team or entity of the colour specified; often a clean sweep. informal,morpheme
    — A Maroonwash will be two-thirds complete on a fast track at Suncorp.

词源

Back-formation from whitewash. Second sense popularised by greenwash.
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