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单词 tinge
释义 tinge
I. \ˈtiŋj\ verb
(tinged ; tinged ; tingeing or tinging ; tinges)
Etymology: Middle English tingen, from Latin tingere to dip, moisten, tinge; akin to Greek tengein to wet, moisten, Old High German dunkōn, thunkōn to dip
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to color with a slight shade or stain : tint
  < kill plants that … will tinge the edge of the melting snow with early green — Allan Fraser >
  < the scarlet glare of the flames tinged her flesh with the color of rusty iron — Ellen Glasgow >
  < the sun … tingeing with colors of the rainbow the sandy beach — A.C.Whitehead >
 b. : to affect or modify with a slight odor or taste
  < the roses tinge the air with their fragrance >
2. : to affect, modify, or influence in character, tone, or sensibility
 < social relationships … peculiarly tinged by this postulate of intrinsic equality — Theodore Bienenstok >
 < a vague exasperation tinges his world view — Selig Harrison >
 < a darkling Renaissance look that might tinge mischief with cruelty — Claudia Cassidy >
 < the same deep respect tinged … with love and humor instead of hatred and fear — Nancy Mitford >
intransitive verb
: to undergo change in color or aspect
 < day was breaking, the east was tingeing with strange fires — R.L.Stevenson >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : a slight or modifying shade or color : tint
 < a faint tinge of color crept into her yellow face — J.C.Snaith >
 < houses … in the tinge of unpainted adobe — American Guide Series: Texas >
 < the trees … beginning to take on here and there the tinges of autumn — R.H.Sampson >
2. : an affective or modifying property or influence taken from or imparted by something : cast, touch
 < a slightly Celtic tinge in her diction — Mary Deasy >
 < eyes that … had some tinge of the oriental — Edmund Wilson >
 < half-baked eloquence without even a tinge of effective insight — H.J.Laski >
 < a tinge of exasperation in her tone — Ellen Glasgow >
 < his music assumed … a wild tinge — William Black >
 < almost every personal tragedy had a tinge of mild absurdity — Peter Quennell >
3. : a yellow discoloration of cotton lint by the plant juices resulting from field exposure of mature cotton after frost
Synonyms: see color
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