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单词 pigment
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pig•ment /ˈpɪgmənt/USA pronunciation   n. 
  1. a dry substance that when mixed in liquid becomes a paint, etc.: [uncountable]mixing pigment to form paint.[countable]various pigments needed to produce that color.
  2. any natural coloring substance, as chlorophyll or hemoglobin, that produces color in living things:[uncountable]the light blue pigment in her eyes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pig•ment  (pigmənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
  2. a coloring matter or substance.
  3. Cell Biology[Biol.]any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them.

v.t. 
  1. to color;
    add pigment to.

v.i. 
  1. to become pigmented;
    acquire color;
    develop pigmentation:a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well.
  • Latin pigmentum paint, equivalent. to pig- (stem of pingere to paint) + -mentum -ment
  • Middle English 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
pigment /ˈpɪɡmənt/ n
  1. a substance occurring in plant or animal tissue and producing a characteristic colour, such as chlorophyll in green plants and haemoglobin in red blood
  2. any substance used to impart colour
  3. a powder that is mixed with a liquid to give a paint, ink, etc
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin pigmentum, from pingere to paint

ˈpigmentary adj
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