stainとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /steɪn/
• 韻: -eɪn

名詞

stain (複数形 stains)

1. A discoloured spot or area.
2. A blemish on one's character or reputation.
3. A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
4. A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
5. (heraldry) Any of a number of non-standard tinctures used in modern heraldry.

派生語

• bloodstain
• Giemsa stain
• Leishman stain
• Romanowsky stain
• Wright-Giemse stain
• Wright's stain

動詞

stain (三人称単数 現在形 stains, 現在分詞 staining, 過去形および過去分詞形 stained)

1. (transitive) To discolour.

   to stain the hand with dye

   armour stained with blood

2. To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
   • (Can we date this quote?) Milton

     Of honour void, / Of innocence, of faith, of purity, / Our wonted ornaments now soiled and stained.

3. To coat a surface with a stain

   to stain wood with acids, coloured washes, paint rubbed in, etc.

   the stained glass used for church windows

4. (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
5. (transitive, cytology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
6. To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Beaumont and Fletcher

     She stains the ripest virgins of her age.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Spenser

     that did all other beasts in beauty stain

アナグラム

• Astin, Insta, Saint, Santi, Sinta, Tanis, Tians, antis, insta-, saint, sat in, satin, stian, tians, tisan