Tint



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 色泽;v. 给...淡淡地着色
• ［英］ n. 色泽 ( slight degree of a color) ; v. 给...淡淡地着色 ( give a slight color to)
• ［类］ tint : suffuse / amble : wander ( 染遍是完全着色 / 漫游是到处走遍)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: alteration of earlier tinct, from Latin tinctus act of dyeing, from tingere to tinge
• Date: 1717
• 1.
  • a. a usually slight or pale coloration ; hue
  • b. any of various lighter or darker shades of a color ; tinge
• 2. a variation of a color produced by adding white to it and characterized by a low saturation with relatively high lightness
• 3. a usually slight modifying quality or characteristic ; touch
• 4. a shaded effect in engraving produced by fine parallel lines close together
• 5. a panel of light color serving as background
• 6. dye for the hair

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1791
• to impart or apply a tint to ; color
• ? tinter noun

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