Pigment

(noun.) dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.).

(noun.) any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color.

(verb.) color or dye with a pigment; 'pigment a photograph'.

(verb.) acquire pigment; become colored or imbued.

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• They were the only parts of his face that showed any life or expression, the pigment upon it was so thick. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• When nature paints she does so with the brush of beauty, dipped in the pigment of truth. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Swiftly I threw off my clothes, pulled on those of a beggar, and put on my pigments and wig. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Stained-glass windows owe their charm and beauty to the presence in the glass of various dyes and pigments which absorb in different amounts some colors from white light and transmit others. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• For the sake of ornamentation, various colored pigments are added to the paint and give variety of effect. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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