stain
污渍,污点,染色,沾污
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : a discoloration produced by foreign matter having penetrated into or chemically reacted with a material; a spot not easily removed.
- : a natural spot or patch of color different from that of the basic color, as on the body of an animal.
- : a cause of reproach; stigma; blemish: a stain on one's reputation.
- : coloration produced by a dye that penetrates a substance, as wood.
- : a dye made into a solution for coloring woods, textiles, etc.
- : a reagent or dye used in treating a specimen for microscopic examination.
- 1
- : to discolor with spots or streaks of foreign matter.
- : to bring reproach or dishonor upon; blemish.
- : to sully with guilt or infamy; corrupt.
- :
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
I’ve also found that it resists stains and cleans up easily, which is a major plus for road trips and winter camping.
Plus, the sudsing left stains on my lenses from the water I couldn’t shake off.
Soil stains hint that there may have been such structures inside and that people were living there, she said.
You wrote that it “left a stain on their reputations, their department and the country.”
They can sop up moisture and help tackle stains on other surfaces, including rugs and carpets.
As mentioned, Yahoo has a black stain on its collaboration and severe breach of privacy.
We ask our celebrities to pour their hearts out, and then chastise them if they stain our buttoned-up shirts.
While that is unlikely to happen, the very fact that it can is a stain on the American judicial system.
About “developers in bed with reviewers,” and the stain this leaves on the “integrity of games journalism.”
I put my hands behind my head, lay back and looked at a water stain on the ceiling.
Beginners must be warned against mistaking the edges of cells, or particles which have retained the red stain, for bacilli.
There are a number of bacilli, called acid-fast bacilli, which stain in the same way as the tubercle bacillus.
Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the of Wharton's blood!