taint
英 [teɪnt]
美 [tent]
- vt. 汙染；腐蝕；使感染
- n. 汙點；感染
- vi. 敗壞；被汙染
助記提示
1. tinge => taint.
2. The Latin past participle of tingere, tinctus, lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18].
3. paint <====> taint
中文詞源
taint 染色，汙點，使腐壞，玷汙來自古法語 teint,顏色，色澤，來自拉丁語 tinctus,染色，來自 tingere,使染色，浸染，詞源同 tincture,tinge.引申諸相關詞義。拚寫比較 point,puncture.
英文詞源
- taint
- taint: see tinge
- taint (v.)
- 1570s, "to corrupt, contaminate," also "to touch, tinge, imbue slightly" (1590s), from Middle English teynten "to convict, prove guilty" (late 14c.), partly from Old French ataint, past participle of ataindre "to touch upon, seize" (see attainder). Also from Anglo-French teinter "to color, dye" (early 15c.), from Old French teint (12c.), past participle of teindre "to dye, color," from Latin tingere (see tincture). Related: Tainted; tainting.
- taint (n.)
- c. 1600, "stain, spot," from Old French teint "color, hue, dye, stain," from Latin tinctus "a dyeing," from tingere "to dye" (see tincture). Meaning "a moral stain, corruption, contaminating influence" is from 1610s.
雙語例句
- 1. Her government never really shook off the taint of corruption.
- 她的政府從來沒有真正擺脫掉腐敗的陰影。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Rancid oil will taint the flavour.
- 變質的油會破壞味道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Bad books will taint the young mind.
- 壞書會毒害年青人的思想.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She could smell the taint of sin in the most innocent of passions.
- 哪怕是再純真的戀情她也能從中嗅出罪惡的味道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. There seems to be a taint of drunkenness in his family.
- 他的家族中似乎有酗酒的遺風.
來自辭典例句