pigment

英 [ˈpɪɡmənt]

美 [ˈpɪɡmənt]

n.  色素; 颜料

复数：pigments　现在分词：pigmenting　

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Collins.1 / BNC.10452 / COCA.9103

牛津词典

noun

• 色素
  a substance that exists naturally in people, animals and plants and gives their skin, leaves, etc. a particular colour
• 颜料
  a coloured powder that is mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 颜料；色料；色素
  Apigmentis a substance that gives something a particular colour.
  1. The Romans used natural pigments on their fabrics and walls.
     古罗马人在织物和墙壁上使用天然颜料。
  2. ...the brown pigment in the skin.
     皮肤内的褐色素

英英释义

noun

• a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid)
  1. artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably
  Synonym:paint
• dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
• any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color

verb

• color or dye with a pigment
  1. pigment a photograph
• acquire pigment

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