tan

US: /ˈtæn/
UK: /tˈæn/


English Vietnamese dictionary


tan /tæn/
  • danh từ
    • vỏ dà, vỏ thuộc da
    • màu nâu
    • màu da rám nắng
    • tính từ
      • màu vỏ dà, màu nâu
      • màu rám nắng
      • ngoại động từ
        • thuộc (da)
        • làm sạm, làm rám (da)
        • (thông tục) đánh đòn đau
        • nội động từ
          • thuộc được (da)
            • this leather tans easily: loại da này dễ thuộc
          • sạn lại, rám nắng (da)

        Advanced English dictionary


        verb, noun, adjective, abbreviation
        + verb (-nn-)
        1 if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun: [V] My skin tans really easily. [also VN]
        2 [VN] to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals
        Idioms see HIDE n.
        + noun
        1 [U] a yellowish-brown colour
        2 (also suntan) [C] the brown colour that sb with pale skin goes when they have been in the sun: to get a tan + My tan's fading already.
        + adjective
        yellowish brown in colour
        + abbreviation (mathematics) TANGENT

        Collocation dictionary


        ADJ.

        deep, golden | healthy | all-over | fake

        VERB + TAN

        have | show off, sport
        Show off your tan in this little white top.
        | get, top up, work on
        I want to top up my tan on the sunbed at the gym.

        PREP.

        against your ~
        His teeth were a gleaming flash of white against his tan.


        Concise English dictionary


        tanned|tanning|tanner|tannest|tanstæn
        noun
        +a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun
        +a light brown the color of topaz
        +ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle
        verb
        +treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather
        +get a tan, from wind or sun
        adj.
        +of a light yellowish-brown color