tarnish

🇺🇸 /ˈtɑːrnɪʃ/ 🇬🇧 /ˈtɑːnɪʃ/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP20000
verb
R

To make metal lose its shine, often because of exposure to air or moisture.

If you don't clean them, your silver spoons will tarnish.

如果你不清潔它們,你的銀匙將會變暗。

R

To make people think less highly of someone or something.

Her last project's failure tarnished her reputation.

她最後項目的失敗損害了她的聲譽。

noun
R

A dull layer that forms on metal, making it less shiny.

The tarnish on the brass handles could be seen from a distance.

從遠處就能看見黃銅把手上的銹跡。

translation

v. 使(金屬)失去光澤, 損害(名譽)
n. 鏽跡

詞形變化

3rd Present tarnishes
Progressive tarnishing
Past tarnished
Perfect tarnished
Plural tarnishes