tinge

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n. 色调, 色彩, 气味, 气息 vt. 染, 使带气息

发音

US /tɪnd͡ʒ/
其它
UK /tɪnd͡ʒ/

词形变化

tinges 复数 tinges tinged tingedst tingeing tinges 三单 tingeth tinging tinging 现在分词 tingeing 现在分词 tinged 过去式 tinged 过去分词 tingest tingedst 过去式 tingeth 三单 tinged 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

淡色;些许味道;风味

动词

微染;使带气息

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The degree of vividness of a colour; hue, shade, tint.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    A draper's or clothier's markup.

    英国 可数 废旧 俚语 不可数

    A retail house […] are in the habit of cutting up, say, a fourpenny Croydon, into dozens; these dozens are marked four shillings and threepence, with one penny "tinge;" so that the privileged customer pays threepence more for the calico "marked up cheap!" […]

v.
  1. 1.

    To add a small amount of colour; to tint; (by extension) to add a small amount of some other thing.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To affect or alter slightly, particularly due to the actual or metaphorical influence of some element or thing.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To change slightly in shade due to the addition of colour; (by extension) to change slightly in quality due to the addition of some other thing.

    不及物

词汇关系

词源

The verb is derived from Latin tingere, present active infinitive of tingō (“to dip; to moisten; to colour, dye, tinge”). The noun is derived from the verb.

来源:wiktionary