black and white

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A police patrol car. US,slang
    — [T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.
  2. The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear. US,broadly,slang
    — Them punk motherfuckers in black and white ain't the only motherfuckers I gots to fight.
  3. A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
  4. A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved).
    — Using Adobe Photoshop, he opened the images that were grayscale and converted them to be black and white.
  2. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color. broadly
    — Their photos from that era are all black and white.
  3. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color.
    — The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works spectacularly well because Homer isn’t just ape-like and simian on the inside: he’s ape-like and simian on the outside as well, so it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the rage-filled man-child as a giant ape with serious anger-control issues.
  4. Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible.
    — I wish she weren't always so black and white about every single thing.
  5. Easily divided into diametrically opposing categories.
    — Near-synonym: night-and-day

词形变化

black and whites plural black-and-white alternative more black and white comparative most black and white superlative black-and-white alternative

词源

词源 1
The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.
词源 2
The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.
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