tan
US: /ˈtæn/
UK: /tˈæn/
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)
- thuộc được (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
