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pigment

/pig-muhnt/US // ˈpɪg mənt //UK // (ˈpɪɡmənt) //

颜料,色素,色料,染料

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a dry insoluble substance, usually pulverized, which when suspended in a liquid vehicle becomes a paint, ink, etc.
    • : a coloring matter or substance.
    • : Biology. any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to color; add pigment to.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become pigmented; acquire color; develop pigmentation: a poor quality of paper that doesn't pigment well.

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Examples

  • Wiemann has used the approach to identify pigments in dinosaur eggs.

  • The pigments — chlorophylls, in green plants — absorb light and transfer the energy to a reaction center, where the production of chemical energy for the cell’s use is initiated.

  • The pigments needed to absorb light at similar wavelengths to reduce the internal noise.

  • It brings together oxygen and a pigment called luciferin to create light.

  • That light is caused by the pigment that gives the corals color.

  • Although the equipment is the same, a tattoo artist uses ink, and we use pigment.

  • The Daily Pic: Are the YBA's prints about the color of pigment, or the color of money?

  • Mariamu looks much younger than her years, and yet her white, pigment-free skin has become leathery from the sun.

  • Had the image been painted on the cloth by a forger, the paint traces of the pigment would have remained on the surface.

  • They generally occur together, but the pigment is not infrequently present alone.

  • The older forms are larger colorless bodies containing granules of brown pigment.

  • The figures, besides being outlined by the dots, were decorated all over with the same pigment in dotted transverse belts.

  • The walls were coated with fine stucco, white and firm—an evidence of antiquity—and ornamented with bands of a bright red pigment.

  • The face of the wall is then rubbed over with a soft brick of the same colour, or the work may be coloured with pigment.