a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a small amount of colour covering a surface 色调；淡色彩；（一层）淡色，浅色 leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶 the brownish tint of an old photo 旧照片的淡褐色 The fabrics were mainly in rich autumn tints, reds and oranges. 这些纺织品主要以深秋色彩为主——红色和橙色。
Synonyms colourcolourTopics Colours and Shapesc2- shade
- hue
- tint
- tinge
- colour the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours:
What’s your favourite colour? 你最喜欢什么颜色？ 明亮/黑暗/明亮的颜色 - shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue:
Her eyes were a delicate shade of green. 她的眼睛是淡绿色的。 - hue (literary or technical) a colour or a particular shade of a colour:
His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue. 他的脸上透出一丝病态的苍白。 - tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface:
色调；淡色彩；（一层）淡色，浅色 leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋时节略呈红黄色的树叶 - tinge a small amount of a colour:
There was a pink tinge to the sky. 天空略带一点淡淡的粉红色。
tint or tinge? 用 tint 还是 tinge？ - a warm/rich colour/shade/hue/tint
- a bright/vivid/vibrant/dark/deep colour/shade/hue
- a pale/pastel/soft/subtle/delicate colour/shade/hue
- a light/strong/neutral/natural colour/shade
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dark
- light
- pale
- …
- have
- tint of
an artificial colour used to change the colour of your hair; the act of colouring the hair with a tint 染发剂；染发 a blond tint 金黄色染发剂 to have a tint 染发
Word Originearly 18th cent.: alteration (perhaps influenced by Italian tinta) of obsolete tinct ‘to colour, tint’, from Latin tinctus ‘dyeing’, from tingere ‘to dye or colour’.