The walls had been whitewashed.是什么意思？

The walls had been whitewashed.

墙已经用石灰水刷过了。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

walls

n. 墙( wall的名词复数 )，屏障，隔阂，壁垒；

例句
The walls were painted in muted tones to show the pictures to good advantage.
墙面被漆成了淡色调，以突出照片。

had

v. 有（ have的过去式和过去分词 ），（亲属关系中）接受，拿，买到；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

been

v. 用来表示某人或某物即主语本身，用来表示某人或某物属于某一群体或有某种性质（ be的过去分词 ），在，存在，不受干扰，去过了，be的过去分词；

例句
Have you been able to have any kind of contact?...
你联系上了吗？

whitewashed

v. 粉饰，美化，掩饰( whitewash的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
...a town of picturesque whitewashed cottages.
一座座小屋粉刷得洁白而漂亮的城镇