tarnish
US: /ˈtɑɹnɪʃ/
UK: /tˈɑːnɪʃ/
UK: /tˈɑːnɪʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tarnish /'tɑ:niʃ/
- danh từ
- trạng thái mờ, trạng thái xỉn
- (nghĩa rộng) vết nhơ, vết bẩn, điều xấu
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho mờ, làm cho xỉn
- to tarnish the mirror: làm cho gương mờ
- (nghĩa rộng) làm lu mờ; làm ô uế, làm nhơ nhuốc
- to tarnish one's reputation: làm lu mờ thanh danh của mình
- làm cho mờ, làm cho xỉn
- nội động từ
- mờ đi, xỉn đi
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 if metal tarnishes or sth tarnishes it, it no longer looks bright and shiny: [V] The mirrors had tarnished with age. + [VN] The silver candlesticks were tarnished and dusty.
2 [VN] to spoil the good opinion people have of sb/sth: He hopes to improve the newspaper's somewhat tarnished public image.
+ noun [sing., U] a thin layer on the surface of a metal that makes it look dull and not bright
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
sully, disgrace, taint, blacken, blemish, stain, blot, soil, spot, dirty, contaminate, defame, injure, spoil, ruin, damage, harm, hurt, stigmatize, debase, degrade, denigrate, dishonour, asperse, calumniate:
By his behaviour, he has tarnished the reputation of his entire family.
Collocation dictionary
1 become/make sth less bright
ADV.
badly
The mirror had tarnished quite badly.
2 spoil sth
ADV.
severely
their severely tarnished reputation
Concise English dictionary
tarnishes|tarnished|tarnishing'tɑrnɪʃ /'tɑː-
noun
+discoloration of metal surface caused by oxidation
verb
+make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
