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- mass noun a yellowish-brown colour棕黄色：
as modifier she dressed quickly in tan cords and a cream woollen top.她迅速地穿上了棕黄色灯芯绒裤子和乳白色羊毛上衣。
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- count noun a golden-brown shade of skin developed by pale-skinned people after exposure to the sun.（日晒后变成的）棕褐色皮肤。
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- （亦作tanbark）[mass noun] bark of oak or other trees, bruised and used as a source of tannin for converting hides into leather鞣料树皮。
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- （亦作spent tan）such bark from which the tannin has been extracted, used for covering the ground for walking, riding, children's play, etc., and in gardening（铺路和园艺中使用的）鞣酸皮渣。
verb
tanned, tanning
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- no obj.(of a pale-skinned person or their skin) become brown or browner after exposure to the sun（肤色白晳者或其皮肤）晒成棕褐色：
you'll tan very quickly in the pure air.
在纯净的空气里, 你很快就会晒成棕褐色了。
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- with obj. [usu. as adj. tanned](of the sun) cause (a pale-skinned person or their skin) to become brown or browner（太阳）使（肤色白晳者或其皮肤）变成棕褐色：
he looked tanned and fit.
他看上去被晒得黑黝黝的, 很健康。
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- with obj. convert (animal skin) into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals用鞣酸将（兽皮）制成皮革。
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- with obj. informal, dated beat (someone) repeatedly, especially as a punishment〈非正式, 旧〉鞭打（尤指作为惩罚）。
- US (of a pale-skinned person) having golden-brown skin after exposure to the sun〈美〉（肤色白晳者）晒成棕褐色的：
she looks tall, tan, and healthy.
她看起来身材高挑, 皮肤棕褐, 身体健康。
派生词
tannable
adjectivetannish
adjective词源
late Old English tannian 'convert into leather'， probably from medieval Latin tannare, perhaps of Celtic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French tanner. Early use of the noun (late Middle English) was in sense 2.
- tangent.同TANGENT.