tinge

• n. 淡色；些許味道；風味
• vt. 微染；使帶氣息

來自拉丁語 tingere,染色，著色，詞源同 taint,tincture.

tinge

tinge: [15] Etymologically, tinge denotes ‘soak, moisten’. That is what its Latin source, tingere, originally meant. The notion of ‘colour’ comes from a secondary Latin sense, ‘dye’, which arose from the concept of ‘dipping in liquid dye’. The Latin past participle, tinctus, lies behind English taint [14], tincture [14], and tint [18].
=> taint, tincture, tint

tinge (v.)

late 15c., "to dye, color slightly," from Latin tingere "to dye, color" (see tincture). Related: Tinged. The noun is first recorded 1752.

1. Could there have been a slight tinge of envy in Eva's voice?

伊娃的聲音裏可能會有一絲羨慕嗎？

來自柯林斯例句

2. There was a tinge of condescension in her greeting.

她的問候中帶著一絲傲慢。

來自柯林斯例句

3. His skin had an unhealthy greyish tinge.

他的皮膚有種不健康的淡灰色。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The paper had a yellowish tinge because it was so old.

這份報紙很舊，已經有些發黃了。

來自《權威詞典》

5. There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.

她聲音中流露出一絲憂傷.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》