一、详细释义：


n.

污点；瑕疵；着色剂 [C]


例句：

Remove stains by soaking in a mild solution of bleach.

用温和的漂白溶液浸泡以去除污渍。


例句：

There was a stain of ink left on the desk.

桌上留有墨水的污点。


v.

污染；被玷污；被污染 [I]


例句：

These carpets won't stain easily.

这些地毯不易弄脏。


例句：

You have stained your tie with coffee.

你的领带被咖啡弄脏了。


玷污，败坏（名声）；给···着色 [T]


例句：

Blood stained the blanket.

血沾污了毯子。


例句：

His crimes stained the family honor.

他的罪行玷污了家庭的名誉。


二、词义辨析：


colour,dye,paint,stain

这些动词均有“着色，染”之意。 colour普通用词，含义笼统。可指人工的着色，也可指天然的着色。 dye多指使用染料改变物体的颜色，如染织品或头发等。 paint指为装饰等目的而把油漆或涂料等物涂于物体表面。 stain多指用化学或其它方法使物体着色。


三、相关短语：


oil stain

油斑，油着色剂，油渍


port-wine stain

葡萄酒色痣，焰色痣


四、参考例句：


This stain is really stubborn.

这污垢去不掉。


That stain on your shirt

衬衫上的污渍？


By morning, the stain should be gone.

到了第二天早上，油渍就会不见了。


These carpets won't stain easily.

这些地毯不易弄脏。


Such a man is a stain to humanity.

这种人是人类的耻辱。


A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt.

一块深红色的污渍正在他的衬衫上渗开。


The stain on his shirt is difficult to clean off.

他衬衣上的污点很难去除掉。


If the stain still doesn't shift, try this.

如果污渍还没有清除掉，试试这个吧。


It can be a stain on one's life.

它会是人生中的一个污点。


There was a stain of ink left on the desk.

桌上留有墨水的污点。