The nova phenomenon generally occurs in a binary system that has as one member a very hot white dwarf.

His team used observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to investigate dead white dwarf stars.

他的团队利用NASA( 美国航天航空局)的 “ 斯皮策”天文望远镜的观测结果对死亡的白矮星进行研究.

That enormous wardrobe your mother gave us has been nothing but a white elephant.

你妈妈给我们的大柜子只不过是个废物.

My uncle does not want that house. It is only a white elephant to him now.

我叔叔现在并不想要那所房子, 那对他来说毫无用处.

The foreign aid to the country was believed to be nothing but a white elephant.

那个国家得到的外援不但无益而且成了沉重的负担.

Each holiday for me seemed like a white elephant, a thing which can't make people excited.

每一个节日对于我来说如同鸡肘, 令人提不起劲.

There's a white elephant sale today.

今天有珍品要廉价拍卖.

That is a white elephant.

那是一个无用而累赘的东西.

Jan's factory is an absolute white elephant.

简的那个工厂成了一个大包袱.

Some people say that monuments are a white elephant and a waste of money.

有些人说建造那纪念碑实在是无意义的浪费钱.

Mike doesn't want the house, it always has been a white elephant.

迈克不想要那房子, 它一向是个累赘.

When the theatre first opened it was widely regarded as a white elephant.

那家剧院刚开张时,大家都认为它是个华而不实的摆设。

I saw an unusual white elephant.

我看到一只罕见的白象.

The big garden square is a white elephant in my city.

白色大象,意思就是花费多不中用的东西.

That super size desk is a white elephant to his room.

那张他房间里的超大书桌很大而无当.

The king used a white elephant to punish any of his officials who displeased him.

国王用白象去惩治任何一个使他不快的大臣.

What reason is what there are a few white elephant spots on the foot?

脚上有一些白的象斑点的是什么原因?

A car is a white elephant forr me.

对我而言,小汽车是个昂贵而无用的东西.

White elephant poll also, gu Weizhi helmet.

白象人头也, 古谓之胄.

The car he bought was a white elephant.

他买的那辆车是无用之物.

Southern white elephant town of Sau, outstanding people, has a rich historical and cultural heritage.

南白象镇钟灵毓秀, 人杰地灵, 有着丰富的历史文化遗产.