taint
- IPA[tānt]
美式
- a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance；a thing whose influence or effect is perceived as contaminating or undesirable
- contaminate or pollute (something)；affect with a bad or undesirable quality
verb: taint, 3rd person present: taints, gerund or present participle: tainting, past tense: tainted, past participle: tainted
noun: taint, plural noun: taints
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a trace of a bad or undesirable quality or substance she manages to make paintings about love and beauty that are free of the taint of sentimentality
- ▪ a thing whose influence or effect is perceived as contaminating or undesirable the taint that threatens to stain most of the company's other partners
- ▪ an unpleasant smell the lingering taint of creosote
動詞
- 1. contaminate or pollute (something) the air was tainted by fumes from the cars 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ affect with a bad or undesirable quality his reputation was tainted by scandal 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ (of food or water) become contaminated or polluted the rennet should be soaked in water containing sufficient salt to keep it from tainting
- 更多解釋
- IPA[teɪnt]
英式
- a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality: the lingering taint of creosote she manages to make paintings about love and beauty that are free of the taint of sentimentality
- contaminate or pollute (something): the air was tainted by fumes from the cars
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[teɪnt]
英式
- the perineum.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[tānt]
美式
- the perineum.
Oxford American Dictionary
