white elephant

大白象,白色大象,白象,白大象

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
- : a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its usefulness or value to the owner: When he bought the mansion he didn't know it was going to be such a white elephant.
- : an abnormally whitish or pale elephant, usually found in Thailand; an albino elephant.

nounexpensive possession

Synonyms

The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.
There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.
The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.
And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.
That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.
Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
- : a possession entailing great expense out of proportion to its usefulness or value to the owner: When he bought the mansion he didn't know it was going to be such a white elephant.
- : an abnormally whitish or pale elephant, usually found in Thailand; an albino elephant.

Examples

The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.

If Congress accurately reflected our nation on the basis of race, about 63 percent would be white, not 80 percent.

There were rumors of shrieks and flashes emanating from the well, and reports of a figure in white.

The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.

But after winning 55 percent of the white vote, Duke had a database of supporters some politicians coveted.

And she would be wearing some of the jewels with the white dress—just a few, not many, of course.

None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

One would not have wanted her white neck a mite less full or her beautiful arms more slender.

That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.

Why not have sought out the pure white lime-rocks of the flat country, or the grey granite of the hills?