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adj. (-r, -st) 1. цагаан. a \white dress цагаан бошинз. n. цагаан өнгө. They painted the house \white. Тэд байшингаа цагаан өнгөөр будав. 2. цагаан арьстан. Her attacker was a youth in his twenties. Тэр эмэгтэй рүү халдсан этгээд хориод насны цагаан арьстан залуу байжээ. 3. \white (with sth) цонхигор, цайвгар. He was \white with fury. Тэр галзуурах шахам уурласандаа бүр цайж орхиосон байв. 4. сүү, цөцгийтэй (цай, кофе). 5. цагаан дарс. a bottle of dry \white wine нэг лонх хуурай цагаан дарс. whiten v. 1. цайрах, цагаан болох. whiteness n. цав цагаан өнгө. whitish adj. цайвар, цагаавтар. white-ant n. морин шоргоолж. white-collar adj. 1. албан хаагчдын. \white-collar jobs албан хаагчийн ажил алба. white-corpuscle (also white cell) n. anat. цагаан эс. white elephant n. ямар ч хэрэггүй үнэтэй зүйл. white flag n. цагаан туг. show/ wave the \white flag 1. цагаан тугаа намируулах; 2. бууж өгөх, найр тавих. Whitehall n. 1. Их Британийн засгийн газрын байшингийн ихэнх нь байдаг гудамж. 2. Их Британийн засгийн газар. \white is/ are refusing to confirm the reports. Их Британийн засгийн газрын төлөөлөгчид мэдээллийг батлахаас татгалзаж байна. white heat n. улайстал нь халаах. white hope n. ганц найдвар, олимпийн найдвар. He was once the great \white hope of the party. Тэр цагтаа ёстой намын ганц найдвар нь байсан юм. white horses n. хөөсөрхөг долгио. white-hot adj. 1. улайстал нь халаасан. 2. тун хүчтэй, эрчимтэй. thе White House n. 1. Цагаан Ордон. 2. АНУ-ын ерөнхийлөгч болон түүний зөвлөхүүд. The \white House denied the reports. Цагаан Ордны төлөөлөгчид энэхүү мэдээг няцаалаа. white lie n. гэм хоргүй хуурах. white light n. ердийн гэрэл. white meat n. шувуу, гахай, тугалын мах. white-out n. шамарга, цасан шамарга тавих. white stick n. цагаан таяг, хараагүй хүний таяг.whiten. 1. цагаан өнгө. 2. цагаан өнгөтэй хувцас. dressed all in \white цав цагаан хувцастай. 3. өндөгний цагаан. 4. нүдний цагаан.
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White elephant — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — {n. phr.} Unwanted property, such as real estate, that is hard to sell. * /That big house of theirs on the corner sure is a white elephant./ … Dictionary of American idioms
white elephant — n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: From the supposed practice of the King of Siam, who gave to people he did not like a white elephant, which cost a very large amount of money to keep] something that is completely useless, although it may have cost a… … Dictionary of contemporary English
white elephant — white elephants N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe something as a white elephant, you mean that it is a waste of money because it is completely useless. The pavilion has become a ₤14 million steel and glass white elephant … English dictionary
White elephant — Something requiring much care and expense to maintain and yielding little profit, and often difficult to sell; any burdensome possession. [Slang] [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
white elephant — A white elephant is an expensive burden; something that costs far too much money to run, like the Millennium Dome in the UK … The small dictionary of idiomes
white elephant — white′ el′ephant n. 1) a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of 2) a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its value to the owner 3) mam an albino Indian elephant • Etymology: 1850–55; from the tale that… … From formal English to slang
white elephant — n. 1. an albino elephant 2. something from which little profit or use is derived; esp., such a possession maintained at much expense ☆ 3. any object no longer desired by its owner, but of possible value to others … English World dictionary
white elephant — noun count 1. ) an object that is useless and may have cost a lot of money 2. ) an important project that has failed very badly … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
