a natural or synthetic substance used to add a colour to or change the colour of something
染料。
add a colour to or change the colour of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye
给…染色,染
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[with complement]
I dyed my hair blonde 我将头发染成金黄色
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[as adj.
dyed ]dyed black hair .染过的黑发。
[no obj.]take colour well or badly during such a process
(被)染色
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it's good material—it should dye well .这种布料很好——应该很容易染色。
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dyed in the wool unchanging in a particular belief or opinion; inveterate 彻头彻尾的,十足的;根深蒂固的she's a true blue dyed-in-the-wool Conservative . 她是个真正意义上的彻头彻尾的保守党分子 -
[ORIGIN with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed in the raw state, producing a more even and permanent colour.]
"Old English