tan

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tan1 /tæn/ verb (tanned, tanning)

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HBH if you tan, or if the sun tans you, your skin becomes darker because you spend time in the sun （使）〔皮肤〕晒黑

She has a pale skin which doesn’t tan easily.

她的肤色很白，不容易被晒黑。

2. [transitiveT]TIM to make animal skin into leather by treating it with tannin (=a kind of acid) 鞣，硝〔皮革〕

Examples from the Corpus

tan• In the four days he seemed to have filled out and tanned.• Chrome leather: leather which is tanned solely with chromium salts.• We cut the fur, tan the hides, and sew them.• I don't tan well - I just get red.

Related topics: Human

tan2 noun

1 [countableC]HBH the attractive brown colour that someone with pale skin gets after they have been in the sun 〔被太阳晒成的〕棕褐色肤色 SYN suntan

I wish I could get a tan like that.

但愿我也能晒成那样的棕褐色肤色。

2. [uncountableU] a light yellowish-brown colour 棕黄色，黄褐色

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tan• Fact: A tan indicates that your skin has already been damaged.• Her skin had that smooth all-the-year-round dark tan you sometimes run into in California.• Come holidays abroad it became the thing to sport a deep tan.• You can afford to have your teeth done, a false tan, your hair done at Vidal Sassoon.• The best and longest-lasting tans are acquired slowly - quick tans are usually fast burns and peel off in a trice.• Monica got a nice tan during her trip.• Sources close to the team said tans will be banned next season.

get ... tan• Since sunscreens offer relative, not absolute protection, most of us can get a tan using high-protection filters.• He has got a tan from his Christmas holiday.• At least she won't get a tan there.• I had started to see the countries we visited as more than just exotic places to get a tan.• They say as long as you get a tan, that's ok.

tan3 adjectiveadj

1 having a light yellowish-brown colour 棕黄色的，黄褐色的

tan shoes

棕黄色的鞋子

2 American EnglishAmE having darker skin after spending time in the sun 晒黑的 SYN tanned

She arrived home tan and rested.

她回到家时皮肤晒黑了，人也精神了。

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tan• Shannon's face is really tan.• She dressed modestly in a blue pantsuit covered by a tan all-weather coat.• But the unit will retain a distinctive identity by having tan berets.• No beard, no tan car.• As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment.• An extremely battered-looking tan leather flying-jacket completed the outfit.• Most waters have dark bottoms, and a brown or tan line is most suitable.• It started off with a tan scrim in front.

Origin tan1

(900-1000) Old French tanner, from Medieval Latin tannare, from tanum; → TAN2

tan2

1. (1600-1700) French Medieval Latin tanum “plant substance used for tanning leather”

2. tangent

tan1 verbtan2 nountan3 adjectiveadj

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