taint
[teint]
n. 污点, 辱, 感染

vt. 污染, 使腐败, 沾染, 腐蚀

[医] 遗传素质, 腐败, 污斑



taint
[ noun ]

1. the state of being contaminated

<noun.state>

[ verb ]

1. place under suspicion or cast doubt upon

<verb.contact> cloud corrupt defile sully
sully someone's reputation

2. contaminate with a disease or microorganism

<verb.body> infect

Taint \Taint\, v. t.
1. To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to
break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or
unscientific manner. [Obs.]

Do not fear; I have
A staff to taint, and bravely. --Massinger.

2. To hit or touch lightly, in tilting. [Obs.]

They tainted each other on the helms and passed by.
--Ld. Berners.


Taint \Taint\, v. t. [F. teint, p. p. of teindre to dye, tinge,
fr. L. tingere, tinctum. See {Tinge}, and cf. {Tint}.]
1. To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous,
especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous;
hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid
substance taint the air.

2. Fig.: To stain; to sully; to tarnish.

His unkindness may defeat my life,
But never taint my love. --Shak.

Syn: To contaminate; defile; pollute; corrupt; infect;
disease; vitiate; poison.


Taint \Taint\, n. [Cf. F. atteinte a blow, bit, stroke. See
{Attaint}.]
1. A thrust with a lance, which fails of its intended effect.
[Obs.]

This taint he followed with his sword drawn from a
silver sheath. --Chapman.

2. An injury done to a lance in an encounter, without its
being broken; also, a breaking of a lance in an encounter
in a dishonorable or unscientific manner. [Obs.]


Taint \Taint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tainted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tainting}.]
To thrust ineffectually with a lance. [Obs.]


Taint \Taint\, v. i.
1. To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something
corrupting.

I can not taint with fear. --Shak.

2. To be affected with incipient putrefaction; as, meat soon
taints in warm weather.


Taint \Taint\, n.
1. Tincture; hue; color; tinge. [Obs.]

2. Infection; corruption; deprivation.

He had inherited from his parents a scrofulous
taint, which it was beyond the power of medicine to
remove. --Macaulay.

3. A blemish on reputation; stain; spot; disgrace.


Taint \Taint\, v. t.
Aphetic form of {Attaint}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]