stain
US: /ˈsteɪn/
UK: /stˈeɪn/
UK: /stˈeɪn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stain /stein/
- danh từ
- sự biến màu; vết bẩn
- vết nhơ, vết đen
- without a stain on his character: không một vết nhơ trong tê tuổi của anh ta;
- to cast a stain on someone's honour: làm nhơ danh ai
- thuốc màu, phẩm; chất nhuộm màu (để soi kính hiển vi...)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to leave marks that are difficult to remove on sth; to be marked in this way: [VN] I hope it doesn't stain the carpet. + [V] This carpet stains easily. + [VN-ADJ] The juice from the berries stained their fingers red.
2 to change the colour of sth using a coloured liquid: [VN] to stain wood + Stain the specimen before looking at it under the microscope. + [VN-ADJ] They stained the floors dark brown.
3 [VN] (written) to damage the opinion that people have of sth: The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.
+ noun
1 [C] a dirty mark on sth, that is difficult to remove: a blood / a coffee / an ink stain + stubborn stains (= that are very difficult to remove) + How can I get this stain out? + The carpet has been treated so that it is stain-resistant (= stains can be removed easily from it).
2 [U, C] a liquid used for changing the colour of wood or fabric: wood stain
3 [sing.] a ~ on sth (written) something that damages a person's reputation, so that people think badly of them: He left the court without a stain on his character.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 blot, mark, spot, discoloration, blotch, smutch, smirch, speck, Brit splodge or US also splotch:
There's a stain on your tie.
2 mark, blot (on the escutcheon), stigma, blemish, Brit blot on one's copybook, Colloq US black eye:
His cowardice in battle was a permanent stain on his reputation.
3 dye, colour, colouring, tint, tinge, pigment:
An indigo stain was used to bring up certain features in microscopy.
v.
4 blot, mark, spot, discolour, blotch, speckle, dye, spatter, splatter, tinge, smudge, smutch, splash:
The tablecloth was stained red from the spilt wine.
5 spoil, defile, ruin, smirch, besmirch, taint, tarnish, stigmatize, shame, disgrace, sully, contaminate, soil, corrupt:
Her reign was stained with the blood of the thousands she had tortured and executed.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
stubborn | dark | coffee, grass, etc.
VERB + STAIN
leave | get out, remove
STAIN + VERB
spread
The glass fell off the table and a dark stain spread over the carpet.
PREP.
~ on
The coffee left a stain on his shirt.
PREP.
with
The shirt was heavily stained with blood.
PHRASES
be badly/heavily/slightly stained, stain sth green, red, etc.
The children's fingers were stained purple with blackberry juice.
Concise English dictionary
stains|stained|stainingsteɪn
noun
+a soiled or discolored appearance
+(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
+the state of being covered with unclean things
+a symbol of disgrace or infamy
+an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
+color with a liquid dye or tint
+produce or leave stains
+make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
+color for microscopic study
