tint

noun

/tɪnt/

a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a small amount of colour covering a surface色调；淡色彩；（一层）淡色，浅色
- leaves with red and gold autumn tints金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
- the brownish tint of an old photo旧照片的淡褐色
- The fabrics were mainly in rich autumn tints, reds and oranges.这些纺织品主要以深秋色彩为主——红色和橙色。
Synonyms colour
colour
- shade
- hue
- tint
- tinge
These words all describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light.
- colour the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours: What’s your favourite colour?你最喜欢什么颜色？bright/dark/light colours明亮/黑暗/明亮的颜色
- shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue: Her eyes were a delicate shade of green.她的眼睛是淡绿色的。
- hue (literary or technical) a colour or a particular shade of a colour: His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue.他的脸上透出一丝病态的苍白。
- tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface: 色调；淡色彩；（一层）淡色，浅色leaves with red and gold autumn tints金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶
- tinge a small amount of a colour: There was a pink tinge to the sky.天空略带一点淡淡的粉红色。
tint or tinge?用 tint 还是 tinge？You can say: a reddish tint/tinge or: a tinge of red but not: a tint of red. Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always singular.Patterns
- a warm/rich colour/shade/hue/tint
- a bright/vivid/vibrant/dark/deep colour/shade/hue
- a pale/pastel/soft/subtle/delicate colour/shade/hue
- a light/strong/neutral/natural colour/shade
Topics Colours and Shapesc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dark
- light
- pale
- …
verb + tint
- have
preposition
- tint of
an artificial colour used to change the colour of your hair; the act of colouring the hair with a tint染发剂；染发
- a blond tint金黄色染发剂
- to have a tint染发
Topics Appearancec2

词源early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.

tint

verb

/tɪnt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they tint	/tɪnt/ /tɪnt/
he / she / it tints	/tɪnts/ /tɪnts/
past simple tinted	/ˈtɪntɪd/ /ˈtɪntɪd/
past participle tinted	/ˈtɪntɪd/ /ˈtɪntɪd/
-ing form tinting	/ˈtɪntɪŋ/ /ˈtɪntɪŋ/

[usually passive] tint something (with something) to add a small amount of colour to something为…轻微染色；给…略微着色
- She’s having her eyelashes tinted.她正在涂睫毛膏。
tint something to change the colour of somebody’s hair with a tint染（发）
- Have you tinted your hair?你染头发了吗？
Topics Appearancec2

词源early 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.