whiteness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state or quality of being white (all senses). countable,uncountable
    — [Snow] may […] exchange its whiteness for yellowness, without losing its right to be called snow; […]
  2. The quality of being white (in the racial sense). capitalized,countable,often,uncountable
    — As a white body, I have not had to face my whiteness; insofar as the world is oriented around whiteness, I rarely have to turn my attention back onto myself, as do the black and brown bodies that are “stopped” or “held up” for being out of place […]
  3. The quality of being white noise. countable,uncountable
    — Despite this criticism, this check for whiteness of a time series enjoys much popularity as it is very easy to carry out.

词形变化

whitenesses plural Whiteness alternative whitenesse alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
blackness
衍生词
antiwhiteness political whiteness prowhiteness whiteness studies

词源

Inherited from Middle English whitenesse, whitnesse, whytnesse, hwitnesse, from Old English hwītnes (“whiteness”), equivalent to white + -ness.
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