tan /tæn/ CET6 TEM4 ( tanning, tanned, tans )

• 1. 

  N-SING If you have a tan, your skin has become darker than usual because you have been in the sun. 晒黑的皮肤

  例：

  She is tall and blonde, with a permanent tan.

  她个子高，一头金发，皮肤黝黑。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If a part of your body tans or if you tan it, your skin becomes darker than usual because you spend a lot of time in the sun. 使晒黑; 晒黑

  例：

  I have very pale skin that never tans.

  我肤色很白，永远晒不黑。

• 3. 

  tanned ADJ 晒黑的

  例：

  Their skin was tanned and glowing from their weeks at the sea.

  他们在海上呆了几个星期，皮肤晒得黑里泛红。

• 4. 

  ADJ of the colour tan 棕褐色

  例：

  tan gloves

• 5. 

  V to convert (a skin or hide) into leather by treating it with a tanning agent, such as vegetable tannins, chromium salts, fish oils, or formaldehyde 鞣革