tint
/tɪnt/ (bre, ipa) · /tɪnt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtint/ (ame, mw)
tint — noun
- tintsingular
- tintsplural
1. a very light version of a colour that appears on a surface, usually created when
a very light version of a colour that appears on a surface, usually created when the main colour picks up a touch of a different colour or white
The white walls had a faint blue tint that made the room feel calm.
faint + tint — collocation for a very delicate colour
Her grandmother's wedding dress had a creamy ivory tint that deepened over the years.
The morning sky had a faint pink tint before the sun rose over the hills.
- shade
a darker version of a colour made by adding black, the opposite of a tint made by adding white
文法句型
tint + of + colour
faint/slight/pale + tint
用法筆記
Frequently combined with colour words to describe a very pale version: 'a blue with a greenish tint', 'a white with a pink tint'. The adjective before 'tint' (faint, pale, slight, warm, cool) tells the reader how visible or what quality the colour is.
常見錯誤
2. a colouring product that gives human hair a different shade, or the process of p
a colouring product that gives human hair a different shade, or the process of putting this product on the hair
Elena bought a brown hair tint from the drugstore instead of going to a salon.
hair tint — the most common noun phrase for this sense
After three months of using the tint, Dr. Park noticed fewer grey hairs along the hairline.
The tint that Ling bought lasts about four weeks before the colour starts to fade.
文法句型
hair + tint
use + a + tint
apply + a + tint
用法筆記
A hair tint is usually less permanent and less dramatic than a hair dye. Tints often wash out after several weeks, while dyes permanently change the hair colour.
常見錯誤
tint — verb
- tintpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tints3rd person singular
- tinting-ing form
- tintedpast simple
1. to make something take on a slightly different colour, for example by adding a t
to make something take on a slightly different colour, for example by adding a touch of a new colour while keeping the original base colour mostly unchanged
The autumn sun had tinted the leaves a soft orange before they fell.
tinted + object + colour: tinted the leaves a soft orange
Fatima tinted the glass jars green and placed candles inside for the dinner party.
The photographer tinted the old photos a warm sepia brown for a vintage look.
- bleach
to make something much lighter or white, the opposite of adding colour
文法句型
tint + object + colour (e.g. tint the walls grey)
tint + object + with + colour
用法筆記
Always transitive — you tint something. The resulting colour frequently follows directly without a preposition: 'tinted the glass blue' not 'tinted the glass to blue'. Often used in passive or past-participle form ('tinted windows', 'tinted glass').