Tarnish
['tɑːnɪʃ] or ['tɑrnɪʃ]
解释:
(noun.) discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation.
(verb.) make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; 'The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air'; 'Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man'.
乔迪校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
(v. i.) To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
(n.) The quality or state of being tarnished; stain; soil; blemish.
(n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
手打:洛葛仙妮
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Soil, stain, sully, deface, discolor, dull, blemish.
n. Soil, stain, spot, blemish, blot.
手打:米米
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Bedim, bedarken, dull, stain,[See INTERPOSE]
手打:玛莎
解释:
v.t. to soil by exposure to the air &c.: to diminish the lustre or purity of to stain sully.—v.i. to become dull: to lose lustre.—n. a spot stain change in lustre of a mineral.—n. Tar′nisher.
伊娃手打
例句:
- That tarnish was renewed the same evening. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Apply with a brush or cloth until the tarnish is removed. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Have the article clean and free from grease; dip in solution till tarnish is off, but no longer (and under no circumstances leave it in too long). 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- If you have ever contemplated your father's poor position with a feeling of pride, you may rest assured that he will do nothing to tarnish it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Because he sees them happy with it, making a good use of it, effacing the old rust and tarnish on the money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Devils gathered their legions in his sight; their dim, discrowned, and tarnished armies passed rank and file before him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- I thought you a broken toy that had lasted its time; a worthless spangle that was tarnished, and thrown away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- So plainly it shonethat it revealed the deep alcove with a portion of the tarnished scarlet curtain drawn over it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I am not yet fallen so low; my honour is not yet so tarnished. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Are you then a fit mate for an uneducated shepherd-boy, whose only inheritance is his father's tarnished name? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
卡拉校对