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tan

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tan
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he / she / it tans
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past simple tanned
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past participle tanned
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-ing form tanning
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Idioms
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] tan (somebody/something) if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun（使）晒成褐色，晒黑
    • My skin tans really easily.我的皮肤很容易晒黑。
    • She tanned easily, despite her fair hair.尽管头发很白，她还是很容易晒黑。
    • You want your skin to tan evenly.您希望皮肤均匀晒黑。
    Topics Appearancec1, Holidaysc1
  2. [transitive] tan something to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals鞣（革）；硝（皮）
    3. Word Originverb late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.
Idioms
have/tan somebody’s hide
  1. (old-fashioned, informal or humorous) to punish somebody severely严惩某人

tan

noun
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  1. [uncountable] a yellow-brown colour棕黄色；黄褐色Topics Colours and Shapesc1
  2. (also suntan)
     [countable] the brown colour that somebody with pale skin goes when they have been in the sun晒成棕褐肤色；晒成的棕褐色
    • to get a tan晒黑
    • My tan’s fading already.我的棕褐色已经消失了。
    • I want to top up my tan on the sunbed at the gym.我想在健身房的日光浴床上把自己的肤色晒得更健康。
    • Show off your tan in this little white top.穿上这件白色小衫秀一下你的古铜色肌肤吧。
    see also spray tanTopics Appearancec1, Holidaysc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dark
    • deep
    • golden
    • …
    verb + tan
    • have
    • show off
    • sport
    • …
    preposition
    • against your tan
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    3. see also black and tan
    Word Originnoun late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

tan

adjective
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  1. yellow-brown in colour棕褐色的；棕黄色的Topics Colours and Shapesc1
    Word Originadjective late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

tan

abbreviation
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(mathematics数学)
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  1. tangent正切