tans
tans — 名詞
- tanssingular
- tansesplural
1. brown skin colours that people get after spending time in strong sun
曬黑膚色
人曬太陽後變深的膚色
brown skin colours that people get after spending time in strong sun
By September, Christopher and Ari had deep tans from daily swimming.
到了九月，Christopher 和 Ari 因為天天游泳，已經曬出很深的曬黑膚色。
plural noun for sun-darkened skin colour
The cousins compared their tans after two weeks on the coast.
表親們在海邊待了兩週後，互相比較自己的曬黑膚色。
Office workers returned with fading tans after the long holiday weekend.
辦公室員工在長假結束後回來時，身上的曬黑膚色已經慢慢變淡。
Nkechi laughed that their holiday tans vanished after one rainy month.
Nkechi 笑說，他們假期曬出的曬黑膚色過了一個多雨的月份後就消失了。
- 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
棕褐色調
幾種淺黃棕色的色調
light yellow-brown colours, especially when several similar colours are shown together
The designer chose tans and creams for the hotel lobby.
設計師為這間飯店大廳選了幾種棕褐色調和奶油色。
plural colours in a palette
Bao prefers tans over grey when buying winter coats.
Bao 買冬季外套時，比起灰色更喜歡棕褐色調。
The paint chart grouped three tans beside the softer beiges.
那張油漆色卡把三種棕褐色調放在較柔和的米色旁邊。
Warm tans made the small kitchen feel brighter and calmer.
溫暖的棕褐色調讓小廚房看起來更明亮，也更平靜。
用法筆記
Common in design, clothing, and paint talk when several nearby colour choices are compared.
tans — 動詞
- 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
曬黑；使曬黑
在陽光下變黑或使皮膚變黑
becomes darker in the sun, or makes skin become darker in the sun
Sahil tans quickly after only an hour by the pool.
Sahil 在泳池邊只待一小時就很快曬黑。
intransitive: tans quickly
The afternoon sun tans Eve's shoulders through the car window.
下午的陽光隔著車窗，把 Eve 的肩膀曬黑了。
transitive: the sun tans somebody
Pim never tans evenly, so he always wears a hat.
Pim 怎麼曬都不會曬得很均勻，所以他總是戴帽子。
Strong beach light tans Mauricio's arms before lunch is served.
海邊強烈的日光在午餐前就把 Mauricio 的手臂曬黑了。
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
鞣皮
處理獸皮使其成為皮革
treats animal skin with special materials so it becomes leather
The workshop tans goat hides with bark from local trees.
這間工坊用本地樹皮來鞣皮，把山羊皮處理成皮革。
tan + hides
A small factory tans the leather before workers cut each bag.
那家小工廠先把皮革鞣製好，工人再裁切每個包包。
Adina tans deer skin slowly to keep it soft.
Adina 慢慢鞣製鹿皮，好讓它保持柔軟。
A village tannery tans wet hides in large wooden pits.
村裡的皮革工坊會在大型木坑裡鞣製潮濕的獸皮。
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.