tan
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they tan | |
| he / she / it tans | |
| past simple tanned | |
| past participle tanned | |
| -ing form tanning |
- [intransitive, transitive] tan (somebody/something)
if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun （使）晒成褐色，晒黑 My skin tans really easily. 我的皮肤很容易晒黑。 She tanned easily, despite her fair hair. 尽管她有一头金发，但她很容易晒黑。 You want your skin to tan evenly. 你希望你的皮肤晒得均匀。
- [transitive] tan something
to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals 鞣（革）；硝（皮）
Word Originverb late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.
Idioms
have/tan somebody’s hide
- (old-fashioned, informal or humorous)
to punish somebody severely 严惩某人