tint

tint
noun
  1. a shade or variety of colour
    色彩；色调
    the sky was taking on an apricot tint.
    天空呈现出一抹杏黄色。
    ■(Printing)an area of faint even colour printed as a half-tone, used for highlighting overprinted text
    (印刷)底色
    ■a set of parallel engraved lines to give uniform shading
    （用平行线表现阴影的）线晕
    ■a trace of something
    一丝
    a tint of glamour.
    一丝魅力。
  2. an artificial dye for colouring the hair
    染发剂
    ■an application of such a substance
    染发
    peering into the mirror to see if any white hair showed after her last tint.
    从镜子里看看她上次染发后是否有白头发显露出来。
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be tinted)colour (something) slightly; tinge
    给…轻微着色（或染色）；使略带色彩（或色调）
    her skin was tinted with delicate colour.
    她肤色柔和。
    [as adj. tinted]a black car with tinted windows.
    一辆淡色车窗玻璃的黑轿车。
    ■dye (someone's hair) with a tint
    染（发）
派生
tinter
noun
语源
  1. early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct 'to colour, tint', from Latin tinctus 'dyeing', from tingere 'to dye or colour'
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