詞彙精選：stain的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
污點；瑕疵；着色劑 [C]
例句：
Remove stains by soaking in a mild solution of bleach.
用溫和的漂白溶液浸泡以去除污漬。
例句：
There was a stain of ink left on the desk.
桌上留有墨水的污點。
v.
污染；被玷污；被污染 [I]
例句：
These carpets won't stain easily.
這些地毯不易弄髒。
例句：
You have stained your tie with coffee.
你的領帶被咖啡弄髒了。
玷污，敗壞（名聲）；給···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譽。
二、詞義辨析：
colour,dye,paint,stain
這些動詞均有“着色，染”之意。colour普通用詞，含義籠統。可指人工的着色，也可指天然的着色。dye多指使用染料改變物體的顏色，如染織品或頭髮等。paint指爲裝飾等目的而把油漆或塗料等物塗於物體表面。stain多指用化學或其它方法使物體着色。
三、相關短語：
oil stain
油斑，油着色劑，油漬
port-wine stain
葡萄酒色痣，焰色痣
四、參考例句：
This stain is really stubborn.
這污垢去不掉。
That stain on your shirt
襯衫上的污漬？
By morning, the stain should be gone.
到了第二天早上，油漬就會不見了。
These carpets won't stain easily.
這些地毯不易弄髒。
Such a man is a stain to humanity.
這種人是人類的恥辱。
A dark red stain was spreading across his shirt.
一塊深紅色的污漬正在他的襯衫上滲開。
The stain on his shirt is difficult to clean off.
他襯衣上的污點很難去除掉。
If the stain still doesn't shift, try this.
如果污漬還沒有清除掉，試試這個吧。
It can be a stain on one's life.
它會是人生中的一個污點。
There was a stain of ink left on the desk.
桌上留有墨水的污點。
