英[teɪnt]美[teɪnt]
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来自古法语teint，颜色，色泽，来自拉丁语tinctus，染色，来自tingere，使染色，浸染，词源同tincture，tinge.引申诸相关词义。拼写比较point，puncture.
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小知识
Taint means to contaminate. If you don’t want to taint your drinking water, don’t use an old gas can as a water pitcher. Tainting something makes it impure.
To taint something is to spoil or corrupt it, whether it’s water, food, or even a person’s soul. These days, taint gets in the news if a company accidentally taints meat with salmonella bacteria, for example. If you add something poisonous to a substance, you taint it. A silly person might say when you taint something, t’aint right.