tarnish

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɑːnɪʃ/    美 /ˈtɑɹnɪʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Oxidation or discoloration, especially of a decorative metal exposed to air. uncountable,usually
    — 1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.
动词 v.
  1. To oxidize or discolor due to oxidation. intransitive
    — Careful storage of silver will prevent it from tarnishing.
  2. To compromise, damage, soil, or sully. transitive
    — He is afraid that she will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees with her.
  3. To lose its lustre or attraction; to become dull. figuratively,intransitive
    — Till thy freſh Glories, vvhich novv ſhine ſo bright, / Grovv Stale and Tarniſh vvith our daily ſight.
  4. To use a sign, image, expression, etc. sufficiently close to a trademarked one that it brings disrepute to it.

词形变化

tarnishes plural tarnishes present,singular,third-person tarnishing participle,present tarnished participle,past tarnished past

词汇关系

衍生词
antitarnish nontarnish nontarnishing tarnishable tarnisher tarnishment tarnishproof

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ternysshen, from Old French terniss-, stem of ternir (“to make dim, make wan”), borrowed from Old High German *ternen, tarnen, from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”). Doublet of dern and darn.
词源 2
From Middle English ternysshen, from Old French terniss-, stem of ternir (“to make dim, make wan”), borrowed from Old High German *ternen, tarnen, from Proto-West Germanic *darnijan (“to conceal”). Doublet of dern and darn.
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