staining
present participle ofstain
| 单词 | staining |
| 释义 | staining present participle ofstain stain verb uk/steɪn/us/steɪn/stainverb(MARK)C2[IorT] toleaveamarkon something that isdifficulttoremove: Tomatosaucestainsterribly- it's reallydifficultto get it out ofclothes. While she waschangingthewheelon hercar, hercoathadbecomestainedwithoil. [I] If amaterialstains, itabsorbssubstanceseasily,causingit tobecomecoveredwithmarks, orcolouredby achemical: Thiscarpetisidealfor thekitchenbecause it doesn't staineasily. [T] tochangethecolourof something using achemical: Shestrippedthefloorboardsand stained themdarkbrown.
Making things dirty & untidy
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Colour - general words stainverb(SPOIL)C2[T]literary topermanentlyspoilsomething such as someone'sreputation: Severalimportantpoliticianshave hadtheirreputationsstainedbythisscandal. The country'shistoryis stainedwiththebloodof(= thecountryisguiltyofkilling)millions ofinnocentmen and women. Damaging reputation
Examplesofstainingstaining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Furthermore, there would be no overflow, thereby avoiding thestainingof solar cells. From theCambridge English Corpus Stainingprocedure to detect viability and the true acrosome reaction in spermatozoa of various species. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter was adopted by some workers, who claimed that thestainingactions obtained were useful in differentiating between tissues. From theCambridge English Corpus No consistent substructure or asymmetry in the pattern of corticalstainingwas apparent in serial optical sections of nests of oogonia or in individual oocytes. From theCambridge English Corpus After many attempts to label both nuclei simultaneously, we found that 1.5 days allowed somestainingin both nuclei from the appropriate muscles. From theCambridge English Corpus Co-localization ofstainingis orange0yellow in the online color version and white in the grayscale version of this figure. From theCambridge English Corpus Stainingof inner segments of photoreceptors was easily discriminated. From theCambridge English Corpus The most prominentstainingwas present in the ganglion cell layer. From theCambridge English Corpus Using cresyl violet and methylene bluestaining, a prominent central area was observed in the ventral temporal retina. From theCambridge English Corpus Between 30 and 60 min we frequently observed parasites having surface patches on the schistosomulum body but with little or nostainingon the anterior. From theCambridge English Corpus Visible soilstainingand strong fuel odours were noted in the immediate vicinity of the fuelling facility. From theCambridge English Corpus Note also labelling of a subtegumental layer andstainingin cell layers of the gut. From theCambridge English Corpus It has a microcrystalline quartz cement, some fine quartz veining and a little ironstaining. From theCambridge English Corpus Amplification products were resolved on 6% denaturating polyacrylamide gels with silverstaining. From theCambridge English Corpus This would result in bipolar cellstainingintensities that were shallower than predicted by the simple model. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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