vt.

1. 鞣（皮），硝（皮）
2. 使曬成棕褐色
   Sun and wind had tanned the sailor's face.

   日曬風吹使那水手的臉變得黑黝黝的。

3. 【口】用鞭子抽打

vi.

1. 曬成棕褐色
   My brother tans very fast.

   我兄弟一曬就黑。

n.

1. 鞣料，鞣酸[U]
2. 棕褐色；曬成的棕褐膚色[U][S]
   His arms and legs had a dark tan.

   他的手臂和腿曬得黑黑的。

3. 棕褐色鞋[P]
4. 【俚】馬戲團[the S]

a.

1. 鞣革的
2. 棕褐色的
   I bought a pair of tan leather shoes the other day.

   前幾天我買了雙棕褐色的皮鞋。

n.

1. 【數】正切（tangent）的符號

n.

1. a yellowish-brown colour.
2. a golden-brown shade of skin developed by pale-skinned people after exposure to the sun.
3. (also tanbark) bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather.
   ▸ (also spent tan) such bark from which the tannin has been extracted, used for covering paths and in gardening.

v.

1. [often as adj. tanned] acquire or cause to acquire a suntan.
2. convert (animal skin) into leather, especially by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid.
3. informal, dated beat (someone) as a punishment.

adj.

abbrev.