stain學測 L5KK [ˈsten] | /ˈsteɪn/
弄髒;沾汙·染色;上色·染色以利顯微觀察·汙漬;汙點·名聲上的汙點
動詞名詞兼備,比喻用法常考
The coffee spilled on the white carpet and left a dark stain.
咖啡潑灑在白色地毯上,留下一道深色汙漬。
一個畫面:洗不掉的顏色痕跡
潑灑留痕液體滴落,滲入布料纖維
染料上色刻意用染劑改變顏色
顯微染色染劑讓組織現出形狀
名譽汙點過錯留下抹不去的印象
義項
衣服沾漬B2verb弄髒;沾汙
While cooking, tomato sauce stained her white shirt.
煮飯時,番茄醬在她的白襯衫上留下了汙漬。
stain a shirtstain the carpet
木頭染色C1verb染色;上色
He stained the wooden chair brown to match the floor.
他把木椅染成咖啡色,好搭配地板。
stain woodstain a table
顯微染色C2verb染色以利顯微觀察
The student stained a leaf to see it clearly under the microscope.
這位學生把葉片染色,好在顯微鏡下看清楚。
stain a samplestain a slide
汙漬清除C2noun汙漬;汙點
She tried to remove the stain from her shirt with soap and water.
她試著用肥皂和水把襯衫上的汙漬清掉。
a coffee stainremove a stain
名聲汙點C1noun名聲上的汙點
Cheating on the test left a stain on his name.
作弊的事讓他的名聲留下了汙點。
a stain on your reputationleave a lasting stain
片語
stain remover去漬神器 →去除汙漬的清潔劑
blood stain血漬斑斑 →血液留下的汙漬
leave a stain留下印記 →留下難以抹滅的痕跡
coffee stain咖啡漬痕 →咖啡潑灑後的痕跡
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He spilled juice on the table, leaving a big ___ on the wood. (stain / strain)
看答案
stain
stain 是汙漬,strain 是拉傷或壓力,兩字拼法相近但意思不同。
'Cheating on the test left a stain on his name.' 這裡的 stain 最接近哪個意思?(A) 汙漬 (B) 染色 (C) 名譽上的汙點
看答案
(C)
此句用的是比喻義,指損害名聲的汙點,並非實體汙漬。
字族
stained 染色的;沾有汙漬的・stainless 不鏽的;無瑕疵的