Čo znamená stain v angličtine a aká je definícia stain?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť stain výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

stain Význam & definícia

0 to leave a mark on something that is difficult to remove:
- Tomato sauce stains terribly - it's really difficult to get it out of clothes.
- While she was changing the wheel on her car, her coat had become stained with oil.
- This carpet is ideal for the kitchen because it doesn't stain easily.
- She stripped the floorboards and stained them dark brown.
1 to permanently spoil something such as someone's reputation:
- Several important politicians have had their reputations stained by this scandal.
- The country's history is stained with the blood of (= the country is guilty of killing) millions of innocent men and women.
2 a dirty mark on something that is difficult to remove:
- a blood/grass stain
- You can remove a red wine stain from a carpet by sprinkling salt over it.
3 permanent damage to someone's reputation or character:
- His solicitor said, "He leaves this court without a stain on his character."
4 to leave a mark on something that is difficult to remove, or to become colored or spoiled by a mark:
- [ T ] Strawberry juice stained my shirt.
- [ I ] This carpet is practical because it doesn’t stain easily.
- [ T ] Instead of painting the woodwork, she stained it dark brown.
5 a dirty mark on something that is difficult to remove:
- The tomato sauce left a stain on the tablecloth.

Water and other liquids can stain unprotected wood surfaces.
Lily pollen stains really badly.
Red wine stains.
The wood itself was light but I stained it darker.
You can stain wood in different colours.
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We have previously demonstrated that staining for intracellular cytokines correlated with cytokine secretion.
The protocol is especially robust with respect to absence of background staining that can limit assay interpretation.