tint

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tint — 名詞

  • tintsingular
  • tintsplural

1. a very light version of a colour that appears on a surface, usually created when

1.名詞B1
釋義

淡色;色調

淡淡的色澤或淺色

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

例句

The white walls had a faint blue tint that made the room feel calm.

白色牆壁帶有淡淡的藍色調,讓房間感覺很寧靜。

faint + tint — collocation for a very delicate colour

Her grandmother's wedding dress had a creamy ivory tint that deepened over the years.

她祖母的婚紗帶有乳白色調,隨著歲月流逝變得更加深沉。

常見搭配
  • faint tint
  • pale tint
  • slight tint
  • blue tint
  • green tint
  • yellowish tint
  • reddish tint
  • warm tint
  • cool tint
同義詞
  • shade

    focuses on how light or dark a colour is rather than the amount of colour added

  • hue

    broader term for any colour or colour family; less specific about lightness

  • tinge

    emphasises a very small, barely noticeable amount of colour

反義詞
  • 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

The sky had a strong red tint.
The sky had a deep red hue.
'Tint' usually suggests a light or pale colour, not a bold one.

2. a colouring product that gives human hair a different shade, or the process of p

2.名詞B1
釋義

染髮;染髮劑

改變頭髮顏色的產品或過程

a colouring product that gives human hair a different shade, or the process of putting this product on the hair

例句

Elena bought a brown hair tint from the drugstore instead of going to a salon.

Elena 在藥妝店買了棕色染髮劑,而不是去沙龍。

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.

使用染髮劑三個月後,Park 醫師注意到髮際線的白髮變少了。

常見搭配
  • hair tint
  • use a tint
  • apply a tint
  • brown tint
  • blonde tint
  • wash-out tint
  • temporary tint
同義詞
  • dye

    more general term for any colouring substance; often implies a more permanent or stronger effect

  • colourant

    more technical term used in product labels and packaging

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

I bought a dye tint for my hair.
I bought a hair tint.
Saying 'dye tint' is redundant because a tint is already a type of dye.

tint — 動詞

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • window tint
  • glass tint
  • hair tint
  • skin tint

副詞搭配

  • lightly tinted
  • slightly tinted
  • delicately tinted

常用片語

  • a tint of [colour]
  • shade and tint

介系詞搭配

  • tint of
  • in tint
  • with a tint of