tan

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tan [tan tans tanned tanning] verb, noun, adjective, abbreviation BrE [tæn] NAmE [tæn]
verb (-nn-)
1. intransitive, transitive ~ (sb/sth) if a person or their skin tans or is tanned, they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun
•My skin tans really easily.
2. transitive ~ sth to make animal skin into leather by treating it with chemicals
see have/tan sb's hide at ↑hide _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. adj. late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

Example Bank:
•She tanned easily, despite her fair hair.
•You want your skin to tan evenly.

 
noun
1. uncountable a yellowish-brown colour
2. (also sun·tan)countable the brown colour that sb with pale skin goes when they have been in the sun
•to get a tan
•My tan's fading already.

Word Origin:
v. and n. adj. late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.

Example Bank:
•I want to top up my tan on the sunbed at the gym.
•Show off your tan in this little white top.

 
adjective
yellowish brown in colour

Word Origin:
v. and n. adj. late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.
 
abbreviation (mathematics)
↑tangent

Word Origin:
v. and n. adj. late Old English tannian ‘convert into leather’, probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner.
 
See also: ↑suntan

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  tangent, topaz, suntan, sunburn, burn, bronze