tan
gb/tˈæn/ us/tˈæn/
A2
Αγγλικά
~ 6300
világosbarna, drapp, napbarnított, barnaság, lebarnul, barnul, lebarnít, barnít, cserz, tangens, tan
A2
1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[something] is tan
She wore a tan coat that matched her boots.
Drapp kabátot viselt, ami illett a csizmájához.
After a week at the beach, his face was a warm tan color.
Egy hét strandolás után az arca meleg, napbarnított árnyalatú lett.
The living room has tan walls and a dark brown floor.
He bought a pair of tan leather shoes for the office.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
Her skin is tan in the summer.
Nyáron napbarnított a bőre.
I like your tan jacket.
Tetszik a drapp dzsekid.
The dog has tan and white fur.
The chairs in the cafe are a light tan color.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes say *a tan skin* instead of *tan skin*. In English, we usually use *tan* directly before the noun without *a* when it is an adjective: *She has tan skin*, not *She has a tan skin*.
Σημασία
light brown in color
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
tan skin
|tan leather
|tan boots
|tan jacket
|tan sofa
|light tan
Συνώνυμα
light brown (More general color term; does not suggest the specific fashion or design sense that 'tan' often has.)
|
beige (Often slightly lighter or more grayish than 'tan' and commonly used in fashion and interior design.)
Αντώνυμα
pale (Describes skin or color lacking brownness or darkness, the opposite effect of looking tan.)
Θέματα
colors
|appearance
|daily_life
|clothing
|body
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
Having a light brown color.
Having a pale to medium light brown color, often used to describe skin, hair, clothing, or other materials.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
B1
2
barnaság
B1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to get a tan
You got a great tan on vacation.
Szép barnaságot szereztél a nyaraláson.
By the end of the summer, her tan had faded.
Nyár végére lekopott róla a barnaság.
He lay on the beach all day just to work on his tan.
Her tan makes her look like she just came back from a tropical island.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I got a tan at the beach.
Lebarnultam a strandon.
She has a light tan on her arms.
Enyhe barnaság látszik a karján.
My tan goes away in the winter.
He wants a tan before the wedding photos.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes say *I am a tan* instead of *I have a tan* or *I am tan*. Use *have* with the noun: *I have a tan now*. Use *am* with the adjective: *I am tan now*.
Σημασία
brown skin from the sun
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
get a tan
|have a tan
|nice tan
|deep tan
|lose your tan
|even tan
Συνώνυμα
suntan (Slightly more explicit and informal; makes the connection to the sun very clear.)
Αντώνυμα
paleness (Describes very light, often sun-deprived skin, which contrasts with having a tan.)
Θέματα
appearance
|health
|daily_life
|body
Ορισμός
The brown color your skin gets from the sun or a tanning bed.
Skin that has become noticeably browner from exposure to the sun or artificial light, or the brown color itself.
ΡΉΜΑ
B1
3
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[someone/something] tans
I tan very easily, so I have to be careful in the sun.
Én nagyon könnyen lebarnulok, ezért óvatosnak kell lennem a napon.
Her skin tans quickly in the summer.
Nyáron gyorsan barnul a bőre.
Some people burn before they tan.
This lotion helps your skin tan more evenly.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
My skin does not tan; it only burns.
Az én bőröm nem barnul, csak leég.
He tans fast when he goes to the beach.
Gyorsan lebarnul, ha strandra megy.
She likes to tan by the pool.
In this country I tan even in spring.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse *tan* and *burn* with sun exposure. *Tan* means the skin becomes brown; *burn* means the skin becomes red and painful. Also, do not say *I tan myself* for the intransitive meaning; just say *I tan easily* or *My skin tans easily*.
Σημασία
become brown from the sun
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
tan easily
|tan quickly
|tan well
|tan in the sun
|tan outdoors
Συνώνυμα
brown (Can be used for skin becoming darker, but is less specific and also used for many other things changing color.)
Αντώνυμα
burn (In the context of sun exposure, *burn* means to become red and painful instead of turning brown.)
Θέματα
appearance
|health
|daily_life
|body
Ορισμός
When your skin becomes brown from the sun or a tanning bed.
To become darker and browner in color because of exposure to sun or artificial ultraviolet light.
ΡΉΜΑ
B1
4
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to tan [someone/something]
She used a special cream to tan her legs before the trip.
Az utazás előtt speciális barnítókrémet kent a lábára.
The sun lamp can tan your skin very quickly.
A szoláriumlámpa nagyon gyorsan lebarníthatja a bőrödet.
Too much time outside had tanned his face and arms.
They tanned their bodies on the hotel roof every afternoon.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The hot sun tanned his arms.
A forró nap lebarnította a karját.
This machine can tan your skin in ten minutes.
Ez a gép tíz perc alatt lebarníthatja a bőrödet.
She wants to tan her legs before summer.
The strong sun tanned my face last week.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes say *tan me* when they mean *I tan* (intransitive). Use the transitive form when something causes the change: *The sun tanned my arms*. Use the intransitive form when you are the one changing: *My arms tanned quickly*.
Σημασία
make skin brown from sun
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
tan your skin
|tan your legs
|tan your face
|tan evenly
|tan the body
Συνώνυμα
bronze (Often used in beauty and fashion contexts to suggest a rich, attractive brown color of the skin.)
Αντώνυμα
whiten (Means to make something lighter in color, the opposite direction of making skin darker or brown.)
Θέματα
appearance
|health
|daily_life
|body
Ορισμός
To make skin brown by putting it in the sun or under a tanning light.
To cause someone’s or something’s skin to become darker and browner from exposure to the sun or artificial ultraviolet light.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
B1
5
drapp
B1
világosbarna
A2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
a shade of tan
They painted the bedroom a soft tan to make it feel warm.
Lágy drapp színűre festették a hálószobát, hogy melegebb hangulatú legyen.
The carpet is a neutral tan that goes with any furniture.
A szőnyeg semleges drapp árnyalatú, ezért bármilyen bútorhoz illik.
He chose a pair of shoes in a classic tan.
The designer suggested a darker tan for the sofa.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The walls are tan, not white.
A falak drapp színűek, nem fehérek.
She bought a tan dress for work.
Drapp ruhát vett munkába.
I like this light tan color on the floor.
The bag comes in black, brown, and tan.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse the noun and adjective uses, e.g. *the color is tan color*. It is enough to say *The color is tan* or *It is a tan color*, not both together.
Σημασία
the color tan
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
shade of tan
|light tan
|dark tan
|tan paint
|tan carpet
|tan fabric
Συνώνυμα
beige (Very similar neutral color; often slightly lighter or more gray, common in fashion and interiors.)
|
khaki (A yellowish or greenish tan, especially used for military clothes or casual pants.)
Αντώνυμα
black (A very dark color, at the opposite end of brightness from light tan.)
Θέματα
colors
|fashion
|home
|clothing
|arts_entertainment
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
A light brown color, like some kinds of leather or sand.
A pale to medium light brown color, often used for paint, fabric, leather, and other materials.
ΡΉΜΑ
C1
TECHNICAL
6
cserz
C1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to tan [a hide/skin]
The factory tans cowhides to produce high-quality leather.
A gyárban marhabőröket cserzenek, hogy kiváló minőségű bőrt állítsanak elő.
Traditionally, people used tree bark to tan animal skins.
Hagyományosan fakérget használtak az állatbőrök cserzéséhez.
This belt is made from vegetable-tanned leather.
It takes time and skill to tan hides properly.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
Workers tan the animal skins to make leather.
A munkások cserzik az állatbőröket, hogy bőrt készítsenek belőlük.
In the past, people tanned hides by hand.
Régen kézzel cserzték a nyersbőröket.
This bag is made from tanned leather.
They use a special process to tan the cowhide.
Σημασία
turn animal skins into leather
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
tan leather
|tan hides
|tan animal skins
|vegetable-tan leather
|professionally tanned
Συνώνυμα
cure (General term for preserving animal skins or meat; less specific than the leather-making process of tanning.)
Αντώνυμα
leave raw (To not process the hide at all, leaving it in its natural, untreated state, which is the opposite of tanning it.)
Θέματα
industry
|materials
|crafts
|work
|business
Ορισμός
To treat animal skin in a special way so it becomes leather.
To treat animal skins with chemicals or natural substances so that they become leather instead of raw hide.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
C2
TECHNICAL
7
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
tan [angle]
In this formula, y equals tan x.
Ebben a képletben y egyenlő tangens x-szel.
The graph of tan x has vertical asymptotes at odd multiples of π/2.
A tan x grafikonjának függőleges aszimptotái a π/2 páratlan többszöröseinél vannak.
You can find the height of the tree using tan of the angle.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
In trigonometry, we study sin, cos, and tan.
Trigonometriából tanuljuk a szinuszt, a koszinuszt és a tangenst.
The calculator has a button for tan.
A számológépen van tan gomb.
We use tan θ to find this side of the triangle.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may not realize that *tan* here is not related to skin color; it is simply the standard short form of the mathematical word *tangent*.
Σημασία
abbreviation for tangent function
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
tan x
|tan θ
|tan function
|graph of tan
|tan of the angle
Συνώνυμα
tangent (The full name of the function; *tan* is its standard abbreviation in formulas.)
Αντώνυμα
cotangent (A related trigonometric function that is the reciprocal of tangent; sometimes treated as an opposite in behavior.)
Θέματα
mathematics
|science
|education
Ορισμός
In math, the short form of the trigonometric function *tangent*, written as tan.
In mathematics, the trigonometric function tangent, usually written as tan, giving the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side of a right triangle for a given angle.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
tan
IPA
GB/tˈæn/
US/tˈæn/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
tan (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (tan)
Τύποι λέξης
Adjective
- Base: tan
- Comparative: tanner
- Superlative: tannest
Verb
- Base: tan
- 3rd Person Singular: tans
- Present Participle: tanning
- Past: tanned
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
tans
verb
tanning
verb
tanned
verb
tanner
adjective
tannest
adjective
Related words
suntan
noun
Κύρια σημεία
- Irregular present participle: tanning Verb
- Irregular past: tanned Verb
- Irregular comparative: tanner Adjective
- Irregular superlative: tannest Adjective
Εκφράσεις
get a tan
1/ɡˈɛt ə tˈæn/
fixed phrase
become suntanned
To spend time in the sun or under a tanning light so that your skin becomes brown.
Παραδείγματα
- She wants to get a tan before her beach vacation.
- You can get a tan very quickly at this altitude.
- He stayed by the pool all afternoon to get a tan.
tan line
1/tˈæn lˈaɪn/
fixed phrase
pale line on tanned skin
A lighter mark on your skin where clothes or a strap blocked the sun, while the rest of the skin became brown.
Παραδείγματα
- My swimsuit left really bad tan lines on my shoulders.
- She wore a different top and now her tan lines show.
tan someone's hide
1/tˈæn sˈʌmwˌʌnz hˈaɪd/
idiom
informal
punish or beat severely
To punish someone very strongly, especially by hitting them; often used in a joking or old-fashioned way.
Παραδείγματα
- If you break that window, your mom will tan your hide.
- The coach threatened to tan their hides if they were late again.
tan up
1/tˈæn ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
informal
gradually become more tanned
To slowly become browner in the sun, especially over several days.
Παραδείγματα
- My legs are starting to tan up after a week at the beach.
- He always tans up quickly when the weather gets warm.
work on your tan
1/wˈɚk ˈɔn jˈʊɹ tˈæn/
fixed phrase
informal
spend time improving a tan
To relax in the sun so that your skin becomes browner and your tan looks better.
Παραδείγματα
- She lay on the balcony all afternoon to work on her tan.
- I’m just going to sit by the pool and work on my tan.