White House

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中文释义

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The official home and workplace of the President of the United States of America. US
    — The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”.
  2. The US presidency and its administration. US,metonymically
    — The White House announced its support for the new law.
  3. Any executive residence US,broadly
    — Little White House
  4. Synonym of Russian White House.
  5. A number of places in the United States:; A community in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
  6. A number of places in the United States:; A city in Robertson County, Sumner County, Tennessee.
  7. A number of places in the United States:; A community in New Kent County, Virginia, also known as White House Landing.
  8. A number of places in the United States:; A community in Page County, Virginia.

词形变化

the White House canonical

词源

From the Executive Mansion ("house") of the United States of America having been painted white, giving its appearance of a white house; having been painted to cover up the damage from the War of 1812 when the British burned the mansion down.
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