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dye

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they dye
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he / she / it dyes
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past simple dyed
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past participle dyed
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-ing form dyeing
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  1. to change the colour of something, especially by using a special liquid or substance给…染色；染
    • dye something to dye fabric染织物
    • dye something + adj. She dyed her hair blonde.她把头发染成了金黄色。🔊🔊
    • dyed black hair染黑的头发
    see also tie-dyeTopics Appearanceb2, Colours and Shapesb2
    Word OriginOld English dēag (noun), dēagian (verb). The noun is not recorded from Old English to the late 16th cent., when it was re-formed from the verb.

dye

noun
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 [countable, uncountable]
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  1. a substance that is used to change the colour of things such as cloth or hair染料；染液
    • black dye黑色染料
    • hair dye染发液
    • natural/chemical/vegetable dyes天然／化学／植物染料
    • The researchers injected a fluorescent dye into an area of a rat’s brain.研究员将一种荧光染料注射到老鼠大脑的一个区域中。
    Topics Appearanceb2, Colours and Shapesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • fabric
    • food
    • hair
    • …
    verb + dye
    • use
    • inject
    preposition
    • in (a/​the) dye
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    Word OriginOld English dēag (noun), dēagian (verb). The noun is not recorded from Old English to the late 16th cent., when it was re-formed from the verb.