Tan

(noun.) a light brown the color of topaz.

(noun.) a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun.

(verb.) get a tan, from wind or sun.

(verb.) treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather.

(adj.) of a light yellowish-brown color .

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• Why so long, Tan Gama? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• So long as your grand folks wants to buy men and women, I'm as good as they is, said Haley; 'tan't any meaner sellin' on 'em, that 't is buyin'! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• See, I have it here, and as she spoke she drew Tan Gama's short-sword from beneath her sleeping silks and furs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• If 'tan't, I'll bide it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Lor, Mas'r, 'tan't us,--we 's reglar stiddy,--it's these yer new hands; they 's real aggravatin',--kinder pickin' at us, all time! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Theerfur 'tan't my intentions to moor Missis Gummidge 'long with them, but to find a Beein' fur her wheer she can fisherate for herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• What can be detaining Tan Gama? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• So saying, the trooper puts his lips to the old girl's tanned forehead, and the door shuts upon him in his cell. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He was a major, his face was tanned and he laughed all the time. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• A face showed itself with marked distinctness against the dark-tanned wood of the upper part. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• There were ten men, swarthy, sun-tanned, villainous looking fellows. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Up, infidel dog when I command you, said Prince John, or I will have thy swarthy hide stript off, and tanned for horse-furniture. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The driver wore a cap and his face was thin and very tanned. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The sheepskin was fresh dried and not tanned and as Robert Jordan rested his stocking feet on it he could feel it crackle like parchment. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Shortly after he had moved to London he had been asked to investigate astringent plants in connection with tanning. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• We all know that leather is the skins of animals, dressed and prepared for our use by tanning, or some other process, which preserves them from rotting and renders them pliable and tough. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They are changed from time to time from weaker into stronger liquor until the tanning process is complete. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• This is used mostly in tanning soft, glovey upper leather, which when finished makes a very tough yet soft and pliable leather for footwear. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When men were skin-dressed animals they knew little or nothing of tanning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• They knew how to sweat, dry, and smoke the skins, and this crude seasoning process was the forerunner of modern tanning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But he found the hide had dried as stiff as a board, and as he knew naught of tanning, he was forced to abandon his cherished plan. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.

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