核心詞義
n. 淡色；些微氣味(常與with連用)；一絲痕跡
v. 微染
速記技巧
詞源記憶法
來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)tingere，染色，著色，詞源同taint，tincture.
知識(shí)擴(kuò)展
詞語(yǔ)辨析
colour shade tone hue tint tinge All these words describe the appearance of things, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. 以上各詞均涉及顏色、色彩。 colour/color the appearance that things have, resulting from the way in which they reflect light. Red, green and blue are colours. 指顏色、色彩（如紅色、綠色、藍(lán)色）： What's your favourite colour? 你最喜歡的顏色是什么？ bright/dark/light colours 鮮艷的 / 深 / 淺顏色 shade a particular form of a colour, especially when describing how light or dark it is. Sky blue is a shade of blue. 指色彩的濃淡深淺、色度（如天藍(lán)是藍(lán)色的一種） tone a particular shade of a colour 指色調(diào)、明暗、影調(diào)： a carpet in warm tones of brown and orange 棕色和橘黃色的暖色調(diào)地毯 用shade還是tone？ Tone is often used in the plural to refer to small differences in the quality of a colour. You can say tone常用作復(fù)數(shù)，指色質(zhì)的細(xì)小差別，可說(shuō)： shades of brown 深淺不同的棕色， but not 但不說(shuō)： brown shades and 也可說(shuō)： brown tones 棕色調(diào)， but not 但不說(shuō)： tones of brown hue ( literary or technical ) a colour or a particular shade of a colour 指顏色、色度、色調(diào)： His face took on an unhealthy, whitish hue. 他的臉上透出一絲病態(tài)的蒼白。 用colour還是hue？ Colour is more general and far more frequent in everyday language. colour較通用，更常用于日常表達(dá)。 tint a shade or small amount of a particular colour; a faint colour covering a surface 指色調(diào)、淡色彩、一層淡色： leaves with red and gold autumn tints 金秋時(shí)節(jié)略呈紅黃色的樹(shù)葉 tinge a small amount of a colour 指微量、少許顏色： There was a pink tinge to the sky. 天空略帶一點(diǎn)淡淡的粉紅色。 用tint還是tinge？ These two words are very similar when describing a small amount of a colour. You can say 以上兩詞指淡色彩時(shí)用法非常相似，可以說(shuō)： a reddish tint/tinge or 或： a tinge of red 略帶一點(diǎn)淡紅色 ， but not 但不說(shuō)： a tint of red Tint is often used in the plural, but tinge is almost always sin
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高考
1、 There was a pink tinge to the sky.
天空略帶一點(diǎn)淡淡的粉紅色。
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