Stain

[steɪn] or [sten]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a soiled or discolored appearance; 'the wine left a dark stain'.

(noun.) (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible.

(verb.) color for microscopic study; 'The laboratory worker dyed the specimen'.

(verb.) color with a liquid dye or tint; 'Stain this table a beautiful walnut color'; 'people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages'.

(verb.) produce or leave stains; 'Red wine stains the table cloth'.

手打:玛里琳--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To discolor by the application of foreign matter; to make foul; to spot; as, to stain the hand with dye; armor stained with blood.

(v. t.) To color, as wood, glass, paper, cloth, or the like, by processess affecting, chemically or otherwise, the material itself; to tinge with a color or colors combining with, or penetrating, the substance; to dye; as, to stain wood with acids, colored washes, paint rubbed in, etc.; to stain glass.

(v. t.) To spot with guilt or infamy; to bring reproach on; to blot; to soil; to tarnish.

(v. t.) To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.

(v. i.) To give or receive a stain; to grow dim.

(n.) A discoloration by foreign matter; a spot; as, a stain on a garment or cloth.

(n.) A natural spot of a color different from the gound.

(n.) Taint of guilt; tarnish; disgrace; reproach.

(n.) Cause of reproach; shame.

(n.) A tincture; a tinge.

錄入:泰茜

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Soil, sully, contaminate, tarnish, spot, blot, blemish, discolor.[2]. Dye, tinge, color.[3]. Disgrace, pollute, corrupt, defile, dishonor, debase, deprave, contaminate, taint.

n. [1]. Blemish, tarnish, spot, blot, imperfection.[2]. Disgrace, dishonor, contamination, taint.

整理:梅尔巴

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Color, dye, tinge, discoloration, blemish, blot, stigma, slur, shame, taint,{[See ~]?}

SYN:Dye, color, tinge, slur, shame, paint, blot, soil, sully, discolor, tarnish,taint, disgrace, dishonor, befoul, blemish, stigmatize

ANT:Purify, wash, cleanse, absolve, ornament, decorate, emblazon, signalize, honor

乔整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to tinge or colour: to give a different colour to: to impregnate as a tissue with some substance whose reaction colours some parts but not others thus making form or structure plainly visible: to dye: to mark with guilt or infamy: to bring reproach on: to sully: to tarnish.—v.i. to take or impart a stain.—n. a discoloration: a spot: taint of guilt: cause of reproach: shame.—n. Stain′er one who stains or blots: a dyer.—adj. Stain′less without or free from stain.—adv. Stain′lessly.—n. Stain′lessness.—Stained glass glass painted with certain pigments fused into its surface.

編輯:诺拉