stain
stain 英 [steɪn] 美 [sten]
v. 玷污，染色 n. 污点；瑕疵
进行时:staining 过去式:stained 过去分词:stained 第三人称单数:stains 名词复数:stains
- A stain is a mark or discoloration, and to stain something is to mark it with dirt or color it, either deliberately or accidentally. If you stain your sister's favorite sweatshirt, she might be mad at you—especially if you didn't ask before borrowing it.
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- v. 玷污，染色
- n. 污点；瑕疵
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1. I hope it doesn't stain the carpet.
希望它别把地毯弄脏。
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2. This carpet stains easily.
这块地毯不耐脏。
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3. The juice from the berries stained their fingers red.
浆果汁把他们的手指染成了红色。
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4. to stain wood
给木料上色
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5. They stained the floors dark brown.
他们把地板涂成了深棕色。
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6. The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.
这些事件使该市背上了不应有的恶名。
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7. a blood stain
血迹、咖啡渍、墨痕等
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8. How can I get this stain out?
我怎么才能把这点污渍除去？
- stain (n.) 1560s, "act of staining," from stain (v.). Meaning "a stain mark, discoloration produced by foreign matter" is from 1580s. Meaning "dye used in staining" is from 1758.
- stain (v.) late 14c., "damage or blemish the appearance of," probably representing a merger of Old Norse steina "to paint, color, stain," and a shortened form of Middle English disteynen "to discolor or stain," from Old French desteign-, stem of desteindre "to remove the color" (Modern French déteindre), from des- (from Latin dis- "remove;" see dis-) + Old French teindre "to dye," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Meaning "to color" (fabric, wood, etc.) is from 1650s. Intransitive sense "to become stained, take stain" is from 1877. Related: Stained; staining. Stained glass is attested from 1791.
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