| 单词 | tinge |
| 释义 | tinge (once / 553 pages) vn A tinge is a slight amount of something, especially a faint color. If you wear SPF30 to the beach, you'll only come home with a tinge of tan. If a painting has just a tiny hint of orange, then it was a tinge of orange. And you could say the painter tinged the picture with orange hues. Outside of paint colors, a tinge can mean a small amount of just about anything. Sometimes you hear about someone speaking with a tinge of sadness. That means there's just a little bit sadness showing in their words. A tinge will never bowl you over — it's always small and subtle. WORD FAMILYtinge: tincture, tinged, tinges, tinging+/tincture: tinctured, tinctures, tincturing USAGE EXAMPLESIf a casual viewer finds a tinge of rerun in this semifinal doubleheader of No. 1 Alabama vs. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The prospect of such disillusion and internecine squabbling may console liberals who fear a White House tinged with racism and quasi-fascism. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) The word she returns to — in fluent English already tinged with Liverpool’s distinct, and apparently contagious, long vowels — is “holistic.” New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v color lightly her greying hair was tinged blond the leaves were tinged red in November Syn|Hypo|Hyper tinct, tint, touch henna apply henna to one's hair tincturestain or tint with a color complexiongive a certain color to color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to 2v affect as in thought or feeling The sadness tinged his life Syn|Hyper color, colour, distort affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon 3n a pale or subdued color Syn|Hyper undertone shade, tincture, tint, tone a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color 4n a slight but appreciable amount Syn|Hypo|Hyper hint, jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, touch snuff a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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