tarnish
tarnish 英 [ˈtɑ:nɪʃ] 美 [ˈtɑrnɪʃ]
n. 污点 v. 玷污；使……变灰暗
进行时:tarnishing 过去式:tarnished 过去分词:tarnished 第三人称单数:tarnishes 名词复数:tarnishes
- To tarnish is to become dull or discolored. Silver tends to tarnish easily, which is why your mother is always having you polish the family silver.
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- n. 污点
- v. 玷污；使……变灰暗
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1. The mirrors had tarnished with age.
这些镜子因年深日久而照影不清楚。
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2. The silver candlesticks were tarnished and dusty.
银烛台都发乌了，满是灰尘。
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3. His reputation was tarnished.
他的声誉受到玷污。
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4. I mean, it's very resistant to tarnish.
我的意思是，它非常耐锈蚀。
- tarnish (n.) 1713, from tarnish (v.).
- tarnish (v.) mid-15c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Middle French ternir "dull the luster or brightness of, make dim" (15c.), probably from Old French terne (adj.) "dull, dark," which according to Diez is from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German tarnjan "to conceal, hide," Old English dyrnan "to hide, darken," from Proto-Germanic *darnjaz (see dern), but there are difficulties of form, sense, and date. Intransitive sense from 1670s. Figurative sense is from 1690s. Related: Tarnished; tarnishing.
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