dye
dye — 名詞
- dyesingular
- dyesplural
1. a powder or liquid that you mix with water and use to give a new colour to fabri
染料
改變物品顏色的物質
a powder or liquid that you mix with water and use to give a new colour to fabric, hair, wood, or other materials.
Takeshi bought a red fabric dye at the shop to refresh his old curtains.
Takeshi 在店裡買了一瓶紅色布料染料，想讓舊窗簾煥然一新。
countable: a specific type of dye for a purpose
The hairdresser mixed two bottles of dye to create a deep brown colour for Hoa.
理髮師調和了兩瓶染料，為 Hoa 調出深棕色。
This natural dye comes from tree bark and gives fabric a warm golden colour.
這種天然染料來自樹皮，能讓布料染上溫暖的金黃色。
Rachel spilled hair dye on the bathroom floor and had to clean it quickly.
Rachel 把染髮劑灑在浴室地板上，只好趕快清理。
Some food manufacturers add artificial dye to make candy look more colourful.
有些食品製造商添加人工色素，讓糖果看起來更鮮豔。
文法句型
a [type] dye
dye for [material]
用法筆記
Often paired with a material name (hair dye, fabric dye, food dye) to specify what the substance is meant for.
常見錯誤
dye — 動詞
- dyepresent simple I / you / we / they
- dyeshe / she / it
- dyedpast simple
- dyeing-ing form
1. to give a new colour to something such as cloth, hair, or wool by putting it int
染色；染
用液體改變…的顏色
to give a new colour to something such as cloth, hair, or wool by putting it into or covering it with a coloured liquid.
Bilal decided to dye his old white shirt navy blue for the party.
Bilal 決定把舊白襯衫染成海軍藍，好參加派對。
dye + object + colour adjective
Élise dyed her hair blonde last summer but has since returned to her natural colour.
Élise 去年夏天把頭髮染成金色，但後來又染回原本的顏色了。
The factory dyes thousands of metres of cotton fabric every single week.
那間工廠每週都要染好幾千公尺的棉布。
Hoa carefully dyed the wool with plant-based colouring that would not harm the environment.
Hoa 小心翼翼用植物性染料為羊毛上色，確保不傷害環境。
Nala asked her neighbour to help her dye the curtains a lighter shade of blue.
Nala 請鄰居幫她把窗簾染成淺一點的藍色。
- bleach
removes colour rather than adding it
文法句型
dye + object + colour adjective
dye + object + with + substance
用法筆記
The new colour can be stated directly after the object without a preposition: 'She dyed her dress red.' Frequently used in the passive: 'The wool is dyed with natural ingredients.'