stains
US: /ˈsteɪnz/
UK: /stˈeɪnz/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
stain /stein/- danh từ
- sự biến màu; vết bẩn
- vết nhơ, vết đen
- without a stain on his character: không một vết nhơ trong tê tuổi của anh ta;
- to cast a stain on someone's honour: làm nhơ danh ai
- thuốc màu, phẩm; chất nhuộm màu (để soi kính hiển vi...)
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 blot, mark, spot, discoloration, blotch, smutch, smirch, speck, Brit splodge or US also splotch:
There's a stain on your tie.
2 mark, blot (on the escutcheon), stigma, blemish, Brit blot on one's copybook, Colloq US black eye:
His cowardice in battle was a permanent stain on his reputation.
3 dye, colour, colouring, tint, tinge, pigment:
An indigo stain was used to bring up certain features in microscopy.
v.
4 blot, mark, spot, discolour, blotch, speckle, dye, spatter, splatter, tinge, smudge, smutch, splash:
The tablecloth was stained red from the spilt wine.
5 spoil, defile, ruin, smirch, besmirch, taint, tarnish, stigmatize, shame, disgrace, sully, contaminate, soil, corrupt:
Her reign was stained with the blood of the thousands she had tortured and executed.
Concise dictionary
stains|stained|stainingsteɪnnoun
+a soiled or discolored appearance
+(microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
+the state of being covered with unclean things
+a symbol of disgrace or infamy
+an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
+color with a liquid dye or tint
+produce or leave stains
+make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
+color for microscopic study
