pigment

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈpɪɡ.mənt/    /ˈpɪɡ.mənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any color in plant or animal cells.
    — Chlorophyll is the pigment responsible for most plants' green colouring.
  2. A dry colorant, usually an insoluble powder.
    — Umber is a pigment made from clay containing iron and manganese oxide.
  3. Wine flavoured with spices and honey. obsolete
    — Oswald, broach the oldest wine-cask; place the best mead, the richest morat, the most sparkling cyder, the most odoriferous pigment, upon the board; […]
动词 v.
  1. To add color or pigment to something. transitive

词形变化

pigments plural pigments present,singular,third-person pigmenting participle,present pigmented participle,past pigmented past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.
词源 2
From Middle English pigment, from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), itself from pingō (“to paint”) + -mentum; variants of this word may have been known in Old English (e.g. 12th century pyhmentum). Doublet of pimiento, pimento, and piment.
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