英语词汇“tincture”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	tincture
释义	tinc·ture I. \ˈtiŋ(k)chə(r), -)sh-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin tinctura act or instance of dyeing or tinging, from tinctus (past participle of tingere to tinge) + -ura -ure — more at tinge 1. a. : a substance that colors, dyes, or stains : pigment, stain b. : a color conveyed by or assumed from such a substance : hue, tint < one dye of that tincture covered his clothes — Thomas Hardy > < all the tinctures of the rainbow > 2. a. : a characteristic or quality with which a person or thing is imbued or modified : tinge, cast < both young men were Whigs of a radical tincture — Current History > < Protestantism has … a deep tincture of empiricism — A.N.Wilder > b. : a slight admixture or smattering of something : touch, trace < his followers were not altogether without a tincture of soldiership — T.B.Macaulay > < what he said had plausibility and perhaps a tincture of sincerity — Francis Hackett > < with a tincture of modern science added to … backwoods Calvinism — Carl Van Doren > 3. obsolete a. : an immaterial quintessential active alchemical principle capable of causing material and spiritual transmutations b. : a chemical principle especially when obtained by extraction; also : extract 4. : a heraldic metal, color, or fur — usually used in plural < the tinctures of the armorial coat are carefully described > 5. : a solution of a medicinal substance (as a plant principle) in an alcoholic or hydroalcoholic menstruum or in a mixture of alcohol and ether II. transitive verb (tinctured ; tinctured ; tincturing \-chəriŋ, -sh(ə)riŋ\ ; tinctures) 1. : to tint or stain with a color : tinge < the islands were … so infused with the hues of the tinctured clouds — H.M.Tomlinson > < the blossom tinctured with deep green — Parke-Bernet Galleries Cat. > 2. a. : to infuse or instill a physical property or entity in : impregnate < the heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide > < the cytoplasm … is so tinctured by the products of the bacilli contained in it — American Journal of Pathology > b. : to imbue with a character or quality : affect < was not sure envy did not tincture his disdain — Waldo Frank > < tinctured political life with a similar monotony — Carleton Beals > < hardly ever spoke a sentence that was not tinctured … with his delightful and rare personality — Osbert Sitwell >
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