单词 | tinge |
释义 | tingen. 1. a. A (slight) shade or variation in the colour of something; a trace of a colour; a tint. Frequently with modifying word. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > [noun] > tinge veil1646 encolouring1648 tinge1683 cast1712 1683 J. Pettus Ess. Metallick Words at Marcasite, in Fleta Minor ii The Marcasite is not so soft as Calaminaris, but it may be tryed whither by mixing it with Calaminaris it will not give a nobler Tinge to Brass. 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 411 But with more of the reddish tinge. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 290 This blue tinge has sometimes occasioned it to be taken for Cobalt. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 540 In purifying the silks which are to remain white, a tinge is given by the addition of a small quantity of different colouring matters. 1907 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 510 The blue, instead of being converted into buff, had a tinge of red in it. 2004 Hartford (Connecticut) Mag. Dec. 12/2 In making rosé wines, the juice of dark grapes is allowed to remain in contact with the skins long enough to absorb a bronzy pink tinge. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] > small amount tinge1771 1771 S. Dunn in Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 71 Dying away like a drop of tinge thrown into water. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 716 These colours may be had..from a tinge wholly dissolved in spirit of wine. 2. figurative. A trace of a feeling or quality. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace specec1330 taste1390 lisounc1400 savourc1400 smatcha1500 smell?a1505 spice1531 smack1539 shadow1586 surmise1586 relish1590 tang1593 touch1597 stain1609 tincture1612 dasha1616 soula1616 twanga1640 whiff1644 haut-goût1650 casta1661 stricturea1672 tinge1736 tinct1752 vestige1756 smattering1764 soupçon1766 smutch1776 shade1791 suspicion1809 lineament1811 trait1815 tint1817 trace1827 skiff1839 spicing1844 smudgea1871 ghost1887 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [noun] > admixture or addition as ingredient > that which is added as an ingredient > a small admixture of something eye1567 tinge1736 shade1888 1736 Ld. Castledurrow Let. 4 Dec. in J. Swift Corr. (1965) IV. 548 I imagine there is a Tinge of Vanity in the meanest Insect. 1797 W. Scott Let. Oct. (1932) I. 75 A very slight tinge in her pronunciation is all which marks the foreigner. 1840 G. C. Lewis tr. K. O. Müller Hist. Lit. Anc. Greece I. xv. §7 The language [of Pindar's Odes] is epic, with a slight Doric tinge. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 275 His political opinions had a tinge of Whiggism. 1963 Princeton Alumni Weekly 24 Sept. 42/3 Princeton's citizens must have been touched with a tinge of sadness as they watched the procession. 2013 Nightshift May 7/2 Catchy, enjoyable pop songs, generally based around guitar hooks, jaunty basslines, low-lying keyboard sounds and tinges of Oxfordian greats like Radiohead and Foals. 3. slang. In a shop: a mark known to employees but not to customers which is applied to goods to indicate that a financial incentive is attached to selling them, for instance because they are out of season. Also: a premium or bonus paid to an employee as such an incentive. Now historical and rare. ΚΠ 1850 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Oct. 217/1 A trader [i.e. draper] who has too much winter stock upon his hands at the approach of spring, tinges his winter goods, after which they rapidly decrease in amount. The tinge is a cabalistic sign appended to the private mark, by which all the shopmen know that a premium is attached to the sale of the article bearing it. 1966 D. Davis Hist. Shopping xii. 259 Any lines that hung fire were reduced and ‘pushed’, and bonuses or ‘tinges’ offered to the assistants to get them off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). tingev. I. To colour or tint, and related senses. 1. a. transitive. To give a shade or trace of a colour to (something); to modify in colour; to tint. Frequently with with. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > tinge tinge1577 endamaska1586 betainta1592 touch1609 betinge1821 complexion1861 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. vii. 9/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Theyr fleshe moreouer is redde as it were tynged with Saffron. 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. xiv. f. 113v/1 in R. Holinshed Chron. I As theyr Saffron is not so fine as that of Cambridge shyre and about Walden: so it wil not tinge [printed tigne] nor holde colour wyth all. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. xvi. 265 Which will tinge the Aquavitæ to a redness. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Oak A way of tinging Oak..so as it will resemble coarse Ebony. 1863 M. Howitt tr. F. Bremer Greece & Greeks II. xvi. 138 The summit of Parnassus was tinged with the red light of morning. 1988 I. Colegate Deceits of Time (1990) 183 He had black hair, tinged with grey at the temples and sleekly combed back. 2013 Business Times (Singapore) 14 Sept. An accompanying side of fragrant, slightly sweet rice tinged blue with butterfly pea flowers. b. intransitive. To become modified in colour; to take on a shade or trace of a colour. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > become coloured [verb (intransitive)] > tinge tinge1660 shadow1666 1660 R. Mathews Unlearned Alchymist 127 Put on more Vinegar, and this repeat till thou seest that it wil ting no more. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 15 The solution..upon the addition of new spirit of salt, tinges a kind of orange color. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 93 He [sc. the oak] tinges slow with sickly hue. 2013 N. Baggett Simply Sensational Cookies 140/2 For chewy-crisp cookies, roll the dough ¼ inch thick and bake until the tops just start to tinge. 2. transitive. figurative. To imbue (something or someone) with a trace of a feeling or quality; to modify in character, tone, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > modify, qualify [verb (transitive)] qualify1533 temperatea1540 take1542 season1604 disbend1607 condition1629 tinge1673 temper1711 shade1817 colour1882 1673 P. P. Interest Creditors & Debtors 21 There are some men yet more inveterately tinged with their blood-thirsty and revengful Spirit, then any before spoken off. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. i. iii. 41/2 His exact Education..Tinged him with an Aversation to Vice. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 553 The town has ting'd the country. 1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. vi. 182 This grief tinged the whole of Mr. Croker's subsequent life. 1982 New Musical Express 20 Feb. 27/3 Their rueful rockism is a troubador's lament, a gloom tinged with a romantic flush that might very possibly turn out consumptive. 2011 Daily Tel. 11 July 27/4 His later work, after he established himself in America, is tinged with melancholy. 3. transitive. To imbue (something) with a trace of a taste or smell; to modify in flavour, scent, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > [verb (transitive)] breathe1532 flavour1542 season1559 smellc1595 resent1602 stop1607 fling1637 tinge1690 savour1832 odorize1857 steam1861 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [verb (transitive)] > impart taste savoura1400 tinge1690 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > to a slight degree hue1576 salt1576 season1604 taint1605 tinct1616 tincture1636 tinge1690 spike1956 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 236 Fragrant flowers and fruits, the sweet odours whereof had likely ting'd those goodly garments. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 604 Liquors tinged with the..spirituous Flavour of other Fruits. c1826 London Encycl. at Barometer Common water, tinged with a sixth part of aqua regia. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. xiii. 229 The sweet atmosphere was tinged with the perfumy breath which always surrounded Her. 2000 Independent on Sunday 25 June (Wine Guide Suppl.) 4 On the nose there are beautiful aromatics of flowers, limes, guava and pear, all tinged with honey. II. Other senses. 4. transitive. Alchemy. To transform (something) by the action of a tincture (tincture n. 6a); esp. to transmute (a substance) into a precious metal by this means. Cf. tinct v. 3. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical processes > [verb (transitive)] > transmutation multiplya1393 tinct1599 transmute1610 tinge1650 maturate1651 maturify1651 1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things i. 11 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie If Silver bee regenerated (after the manner as wee have spoken) it will afterward tinge [Ger. tingierts] all other Metalls into Silver, so will Gold into Gold, and the like is to bee understood of all the other Metalls. 1651 J. French Art Distillation Ep. Ded. sig. A4v As men bring lead to Philosophers to be tinged into gold. 1660 J. Harding tr. Paracelsus Archidoxis i. 75 So likewise doth this Tincture tinge [L. tingit] the Hydropical..Body into a sound State. 1692 W. Salmon Medicina Practica ii. x. 238/2 'Tis this Spirit, joyned with its Philosophick Earth, which has power to fix both perfect and imperfect bodies, and to tinge them into the highest perfection of Silver and Gold, which he calls the signs of joy and rejoycing. 2015 A. M. Roos Corr. Dr. Martin Lister I. 552 (note) Another possibility is that this was an experiment to discover the anima auri, or soul of gold, described in his Origine of Formes (1666), in which silver was tinged into gold. ΚΠ 1850 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 5 Oct. 217/1 A trader [i.e. draper] who has too much winter stock upon his hands at the approach of spring, tinges his winter goods, after which they rapidly decrease in amount. The tinge is a cabalistic sign appended to the private mark, by which all the shopmen know that a premium is attached to the sale of the article bearing it. 1861 Draper & Clothier 2 41/1 I found a great accumulation of old goods. I set to work, got them reduced, and tinged, and soon had a very healthy stock. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1683v.1577 |
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