单词	patinate
释义	patinate verb pat·​i·​nate ˈpa-tə-ˌnāt  patinated; patinating transitive verb : to give a patina to intransitive verb : to take on a patina —usually used in the past participle patinated bronze patination ˌpa-tə-ˈnā-shən  noun Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web For a Hamptons beach home, designer Poonam Khanna clad a monolithic kitchen island in shiny brass that will naturally patinate with time. Charles Curkin, ELLE Decor, 18 July 2022 Burnish and patinate and apply wax to color and protect. Jeff Macgregor, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2022 The zinc countertop is nonporous, naturally antibacterial, and will patinate in time. Victoria Hagan And David Colman, House Beautiful, 22 Sep. 2021 The color scheme was muted with rich woods, deep greens, and patinated silvers. Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, 6 Nov. 2019 Far above the statue, which is a dark patinated bronze, a white woman on a white horse rode through a sunlit landscape in a perfume ad for Lancome. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019 Masterpieces are dotted across the lawn: There is a massive and rustily patinated 180-ton Richard Serra sculpture, Sidewinder, anchoring the front yard, its two curving steel walls shadowing each other. Ted Loos, WSJ, 24 May 2018 Daigle has a face like an oilskin raincoat, patinated from life on the land moonlighting for mining companies—chasing other people’s dreams. Genesee Keevil, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2018 Whealon layers items from different periods and cultures, artfully mixing the pristine and the patinated. Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2016 See More Word History First Known Use 1857, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
随便看	catachrestically catachromases catachromasis cataclases cataclasis cataclasm cataclasmic cataclasms cataclastic cataclinal cataclysm cataclysmal cataclysmic cataclysmically cataclysmist cataclysms catacomb catacombs catacorner catadioptric catadromic catadromous catadupe catafalcoes catafalque

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。