whitey /'waiti/ noun
{slang) an offensive word for a white person, used
by black people ( |AM,
mM) &a,
whither /'wiQa(r)/ adv.,
conj. 1 {old
use) where; to which
iff M; fnj&h; Whither should they go?
ff&b'A'? 0 They did
not know whither they should go. ilk ill T Afl ft
A ft Ik o O the place whither they were sent ftkflftiAft
Efti&X 2 {formal) used to ask what is likely to happen to sth
in the future ( ft ft Af T ft A ft ft A ) ^^Eftlf#?,, ^Iflftfl^: Whither
modern architecture?
whiting /‘waitir)/ noun
[C, U] {pi. whiting) a small sea fish with
white flesh that is used for food ( —#[£]
whitish /'waitij/ adj. fairly white in colour
ft ft Eft; ft ft
Eft: a bird with a whitish throat ft Pf.®,
Whit-sun
/'witsn/
noun [u, C] the 7th Sunday after Easter and the
days close to it IANNIS Aft ft ft raft
,Whit 'Sunday noun [U, C] {BrE)
= Pentecost(I) Whit-sun-tide /'witsntaid/ noun [u] the week or days close
to Whit Sunday A
whit-tle /‘witl/ verb [VN] ~ A (from B) | - B (into A) to form a piece of wood,
etc. into a particular shape by cutting small pieces from it #5 ( A A# ) fij J® • ••: He whittled a simple
toy from the piece of wood. IfklKIP^A A $J J& 7 — T f§
id-IsM .Whittle sth~away to make sth gradually
decrease in value or amount MM, M
A, !# fft ( •• ) .whittle stlv-'down to reduce the
size or number of sth M7\ M ( )
:
I finally managed to whittle down the names on the
list to only five, mmisRG STo
whizz {especially BrE) (also whiz especially in NAmE) /wiz/ verb, noun
■
verb [V + adv./prep.]
1 to move very quickly, making a
high continuous sound
Of©jfkl^SEj; A bullet
whizzed past my ear. —Eft—0 He whizzed
down the road on his motorbike, ftkif HUft; 7Hf ® 2 to do sth very quickly Ifejg
Hk#;
Ig^IflkT: she whizzed through the work. itkfEf£T^70
■
noun {informal) a person who is very
good at sth fgT; # T • • • Eft A: She’s a whizz at crosswords. M
^ IRII7 i$
flft'fT o
'whizz-kid
{especially
BrE) {NAmE usually’whiz-kid) noun {informal) a person who is very
good and successful at sth, especially at a young age ft j|; W A W T: financial
whizz-kids TEA ©7$^ A Eft whizzy /'wizi/ adj. (whiz-zier,
whiz-ziest) {informal) having features that
make use of advanced technology A ft 32: ^ A Eft: a whizzy new handheld
computer &
Who
0-w /hu:/ pron.
1
used in questions to ask about the name, identity or function of one or more
people ( #[h]J&£ ,
$r ) it, ffAA: Who is that woman? ClAJiit?
0
I wonder who that letter was from. I^T^flilllitAEft
fg0 o Who are you
phoning? %i£?
0 Who’s
the money for? & H %h
it Eft $$ ? 2 used to show which person or people you
mean ( ^ sjs ffr tia $} A ) : The
people who called yesterday want to buy the house. A frA$I^3£J^To 0 The people (who) we met
in
about sb ( ) : Mrs Smith,
who has a lot of teaching
experience at junior level, will be joining the school in September. $f AAW&ftA
lailtllMI. 0 And then Mary,
who we had been talking about earlier, walked in.
—
compare whom UTTH who am I, who
are you, etc. to do sth? used to ask what right or
authority sb has to do sth Who are you
to tell me
1
can’t park here? A who’s
'who people’s names, jobs, status, etc. if
Jitl; AO Eft
31#.
H## ) : You’ll soon find out who’s
who in the office. % jg & ft A 7 MA ft S ft # 7 A
WHO /,dAblju:
eitj 'eu; NAmE ‘ou/ abbr. World Health Organization (an
international organization that aims to fight and control disease)
tftJAA.TJhi.R whoa /wau; NAmE wou/ exclamation used as a command to a horse, etc. to make it stop or
stand still ( \&nH,5}&£
who’d /hu:d/ short form 1 who had 2 who would who-dun-nit {BrE) (also who-dun-it NAmE, BrE) /,hu:- 'dAmt/ noun {informal) a story, play, etc.
about a murder in which you do not know who did the murder until the end (
mmi
who-ever 0-w /hu:'ev0(r)/ pron.
1 the person or people who; any
person who • • •
A
( A ) ; •••
WftflA: Whoever says that is a
liar. 0 Send it to whoever is in
charge of sales, jfi & in ft 1a H A c 2 used to say that it does not matter who, since the result will be the
same Aifeift; A A: Come out of there, whoever
you are.if, iASPMdi ABE0
o I don’t want to see them, whoever they are. AifeiMl^il,
3 used in questions to mean ‘who’, expressing surprise UEAlflJiU, Whoever
heard of such a thing! % M.
fj
it D/r iftil iA ft V! whole O'" /haul; NAmEhoul/ adj., noun • adj. 1 [only before noun] full; complete H#Eft;
% A ; ffrft&J:
He spent the whole day writing, ft® 0 We drank a whole
bottle each. $cC]#A 0 The whole country
(= all the people in it) mourned her death. 0
Let’s forget the whole thing. Pg fj ffl] jg ^ ft & ^ BE 0 0
She wasn’t telling the whole truth, ftk ft ffi-A 'tff M ifr Hi
Ao 2 [only before noun] used to emphasize how large or
important sth is ( A^PEft:
We offer a whole variety
of weekend breaks, j| | jjf if
o I can’t afford
it—that’s the whole
point.
hi o 3 not broken or damaged ^IEl(); AJ^AMtft BEl in one piece : Owls usually
swallow their prey whole (= without chewing
it).
To o note at half ► whole-ness noun [U] — see also wholly iT»T7n Most idioms containing whole
are at the entries for the nouns and verbs in the idioms, for example go the
whole hog is at hog. A^ftiE whole Eft
3ji&, in
go the whole hog fE is] ^ hog T . a 'whole lot (,informal) very much; a lot # # ; II ^
: I’m feeling a whole lot better. l£ii£;f#£H#2£To
a 'whole lot (of sth) {informal) a large number or amount ; A:ft:
There were a whole lot of people I didn’t know. A
$EcfPTiAiR0
0 1 lost a whole lot of money. A T
if 0
the,whole 'lot everything; all of
sth —,-^J; fjjfj: I’ve sold the
whole lot. ISlfifrWlftAft^iTo ■ noun 1 [C] a thing that is complete in
itself ST; 16ft: Four quarters make a whole.
ft 0 o The
subjects of the curriculum form a coherent whole. 2 [sing.] the
~
of sth all that
there is of sth Tb[5; Tft; ffr^: The
effects will last for the whole of his life. j#
BlnlftkEft—‘4.0- o note at half ITSTJTi as a 'whole as one thing or piece and not as separate parts ft (ft ~ TS ft; ft ±: The
festival will be great for our city and for the country as a whole. &
ft A M ft $£ {[ ] M ft Jh A S on the whole considering
everything; in general & EftiftA; Aft A; 3Sft A; On the whole, I’m in
favour of the idea. AftiftA,
TSfAo
whole-food /'houlfuid; NAmE 'houl-/
noun [U] (also whole-foods [pi.]) food that is considered healthy
because it is in a simple form, has not been refined,
and does not contain artificial substances ( ft^AlXAL