Word · Frequency #18719
tint
淡色；色调；色泽
A slight or pale coloring; a shade of a color that is slightly different from another.
- 1.
A slight coloring.
淡淡的颜色
- 2.
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
与另一颜色略有差异的某种颜色的性质
- 3.
A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
任何颜色的浅色或淡色；特别是通过加白色获得的颜色变化(对比色调)
- 4.
A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
与其他非常相似的颜色相比的颜色
- 5.
A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
版画中通过并列许多细平行线产生的阴影效果
（雕刻中的）排线阴影；细线阴影；淡淡的颜色；与另一颜色略有差异的某种颜色的性质；任何颜色的浅色或淡色；特别是通过加白色获得的颜色变化(对比色调)；与其他非常相似的颜色相比的颜色
In use
The glass has a greenish tint that protects the room from strong sunlight.
She added a tiny amount of blue paint to give the white wall a cool tint.
The leaves had a reddish tint in the early autumn light.
Connections
Collocations
- a tint of red
- 一丝红色；淡淡的红色
- The leaves have a tint of red in autumn.秋天这些树叶带有一丝红色。
- warm tint
- 暖色调
- The room was painted with a warm tint to feel cozy.房间漆成了暖色调，感觉舒适。
- add a tint
- 添加一点颜色；染上一点色彩
- You can add a tint of yellow to the white paint.你可以往白色油漆里加一点黄色。
- slight tint
- 淡淡的颜色
- The glass has a slight tint of blue.这种玻璃带有一丝淡蓝色。
- green tint
- 淡绿色；绿意
- The water in the pool had a green tint after the rain.雨后游泳池里的水泛着淡绿色。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
tint 与 paint 只差开头：paint 是刷漆，tint 只是淡淡染上一层颜色。记住这个对比，就能记住 tint 表示淡色。给白墙刷 paint 是涂满，加一点 tint 只是微微带色。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday descriptions of color、art and design discussions tint 作名词时通常指轻微的色调或淡色，比较常见于日常颜色描述和一般书面语中，正式或非正式场合都可使用；在美术、设计等讨论中也会出现。
Grammar Note
常与 of 连用表示某物的色调
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with tint /tɪnt/ include mint, hint, flint, print, and glint — all end in /ɪnt/. Beware pint: it is spelled with -int but pronounced /paɪnt/, so it does not rhyme with tint. The spelling pattern '-int' is shared by all these words, but the vowel sound in pint differs.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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