tans
tans — noun
- tanssingular
- tansesplural
1. brown skin colours that people get after spending time in strong sun
brown skin colours that people get after spending time in strong sun
By September, Christopher and Ari had deep tans from daily swimming.
plural noun for sun-darkened skin colour
The cousins compared their tans after two weeks on the coast.
Office workers returned with fading tans after the long holiday weekend.
Nkechi laughed that their holiday tans vanished after one rainy month.
- sun tans
more explicit when the colour clearly comes from sunlight
用法筆記
Usually plural when you talk about several people's sun-darkened skin or several holiday skin colours together.
2. light yellow-brown colours, especially when several similar colours are shown to
light yellow-brown colours, especially when several similar colours are shown together
The designer chose tans and creams for the hotel lobby.
plural colours in a palette
Bao prefers tans over grey when buying winter coats.
The paint chart grouped three tans beside the softer beiges.
Warm tans made the small kitchen feel brighter and calmer.
用法筆記
Common in design, clothing, and paint talk when several nearby colour choices are compared.
tans — verb
- tanspresent simple I / you / we / they
- tanses3rd person singular
- tansing-ing form
- tansedpast simple
1. becomes darker in the sun, or makes skin become darker in the sun
becomes darker in the sun, or makes skin become darker in the sun
Sahil tans quickly after only an hour by the pool.
intransitive: tans quickly
The afternoon sun tans Eve's shoulders through the car window.
transitive: the sun tans somebody
Pim never tans evenly, so he always wears a hat.
Strong beach light tans Mauricio's arms before lunch is served.
文法句型
somebody tans easily
the sun tans somebody
用法筆記
Often used about skin, arms, or shoulders. Distinguish from verb/2, which is about preparing animal hides for leather.
常見錯誤
2. treats animal skin with special materials so it becomes leather
treats animal skin with special materials so it becomes leather
The workshop tans goat hides with bark from local trees.
tan + hides
A small factory tans the leather before workers cut each bag.
Adina tans deer skin slowly to keep it soft.
A village tannery tans wet hides in large wooden pits.
文法句型
tan hides
tan leather
用法筆記
The object is usually hides, skins, or leather. This sense belongs to leather-making, not to sunlight on human skin.