tan
noun
uk/tæn/us/tæn/B2[C](alsosuntan)
brownskincausedby being in thesun:
She came back from Spain with adeeptan.
Annabelle wasflauntingher tan in a littlewhitedress.
[U]
apaleyellowish-browncolour:
Thecouchcomes in tan andgreen.
Thespidervariesincolourfromlighttan todarkbrown.
- I've been back fromholidayaweekand my tan isfading.
- He waslyingin thesunworkingon his tan.
- Even aslighttan is asignofskindamage.
- Why thisobsessionwith getting a tan?
- Thetightscome inblack,darkbrown, or tan.
The skin, & skin colour
- anti-wrinkle
- ashy
- beauty spot
- bloodless
- blush
- colouring
- crevice
- crimson
- cutaneous
- cutis
- florid
- flush
- freckle
- mole
- sunbath
- sunbathing
- sunburned
- suntan
- suntanned
- tanned
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Less common colours
tan
adjective
uk/tæn/us/tæn/paleyellowish-brown incolour:
棕黄色的；棕褐色的He waswearinga tansportsjacket.
The nurse'suniformisfinishedoff withthicktantights.
Less common colours
- amethyst
- apple green
- argent
- ashy
- avocado
- bisque
- blue-black
- claret
- coppery
- dun
- earth tone
- emerald
- puce
- rust
- saffron
- sapphire
- sepia
- sky blue
- tangerine
- taupe
tan
verb
uk/tæn/us/tæn/-nn-tanverb(COLOUR)
[IorT]
tobecomebrown, or to make someone'sbodyorskin, etc.brown, from being in thesun:
晒成棕褐色的肤色Herskintans veryquicklyin thesummer.她的皮肤在夏天很容易晒黑。
I need to tan mylegsbefore theholiday.我需要把腿哂黑才去度假。
- I'mlucky- I taneasily.
- Theylaytanning themselves on thebeach.
The skin, & skin colour
- anti-wrinkle
- ashy
- beauty spot
- bloodless
- blush
- colouring
- crevice
- crimson
- cutaneous
- cutis
- florid
- flush
- freckle
- mole
- sunbath
- sunbathing
- sunburned
- suntan
- suntanned
- tanned
tanverb(LEATHER)
[T]
tochangeanimalskinintoleatherusingspecialchemicalssuch astannin:
鞣（革）；用鞣酸将（兽皮）制成皮革Tanninganimalhidesis one of thedirtiestjobs.
Theoldsaddlerused toprepareand tan theleatherhimself.
Tanning & leather
- buckskin
- calfskin
- chamois
- cowhide
- dubbin
- goatskin
- hide
- kid
- leather
- leatherette
- nappa
- nubuck
- patent
- patent leather
- pigskin
- suede
- tanner
- tannery
- tooled
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Industrial processing
Idiom
tansomeone'shide
tan
abbreviation
uk/tæn/us/tæn/written abbreviationfortangentspecialized
切线，正切（tangent的缩写）Geometry: parts of geometrical shapes
- -sided
- angle
- axis
- bulky
- chord
- conic
- corresponding sides
- frustum
- hemisphere
- hypotenuse
- perimeter
- plane
- pole
- quadrant
- section
- symmetrical
- symmetrically
- symmetry
- ultra-dense
- vertex