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taint  
KK:[tеnt] DJ:[tеint]

動變: 過去式:tainted  過去分詞:tainted  現在進行時:tainting  

權威釋義


vt.

  1. 使感染，使腐壞；沾染；汙染
  2. 玷汙，敗壞；腐蝕
  3. 【古】弄髒

vi.

  1. 腐壞，敗壞；被汙染

n.[U][S][(+of)]

  1. 腐壞，汙染；感染
  2. 玷汙，汙點

辨析

同義:

vt.污染；玷污

stain spot spoil discolor tarnish mark soil

同義參見:

shame dishonor pollute deteriorate addle

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

n.

a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance.
▸a contaminating influence or effect.

v.

  1. contaminate or pollute.
    ▸affect with a bad or undesirable quality.
  2. archaic (of food or water) become contaminated or polluted.

Derivative

  • taintless adj. (literary).

Etymology

ME (as a verb in the sense ‘convict, prove guilty’): partly from OFr. teint ‘tinged’, based on L. tingere ‘to dye, tinge’; partly a shortening of attaint.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》