单词 | tincture |
释义 | tinc·ture ![]() n. 1. A coloring or dyeing substance; a pigment. 2. An imparted color; a tint. 3. A quality that colors, pervades, or distinguishes. 4. A trace or vestige: "a faint tincture of condescension" (Robert Craft). 5. An alcohol solution of a nonvolatile medicine: tincture of iodine. 6. Heraldry A metal, color, or fur. tr.v. tinc·tured, tinc·tur·ing, tinc·tures 1. To stain or tint with a color. 2. To infuse, as with a quality; impregnate. [Middle English, from Latin tīnctūra, a dyeing, from tīnctus, past participle of tingere, to dye.] |
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