tint
/tɪnt/ (bre, ipa) · /tɪnt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈtint/ (ame, mw)
tint — 名詞
- tintsingular
- tintsplural
1. a very light version of a colour that appears on a surface, usually created when
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
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。
The morning sky had a faint pink tint before the sun rose over the hills.
清晨的天空帶著淡淡的粉紅色調，在太陽從山丘升起之前。
- 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
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
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。
The tint that Ling bought lasts about four weeks before the colour starts to fade.
Ling 買的染髮劑大約能維持四週，之後顏色就會開始褪去。
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 — 動詞
- 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
輕染；著色
稍微改變顏色
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.
秋日的陽光把樹葉染成柔和的橘色，然後它們才落下。
tinted + object + colour: tinted the leaves a soft orange
Fatima tinted the glass jars green and placed candles inside for the dinner party.
Fatima 將玻璃罐染上綠色，並在裡面放入蠟燭作為晚宴裝飾。
The photographer tinted the old photos a warm sepia brown for a vintage look.
攝影師將老照片染成溫暖的棕褐色，營造復古的感覺。
- 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').