dye
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noun
a natural or synthetic substance used to add a color to or change the color of something.: 色を加えたり何かの色を変えたりするために使われる自然の、合成の物質
染料
染め色, 色合い
verb (dyes, dyeing, dyed) with object
add a color to or change the color of (something) by soaking it in a solution impregnated with a dye: 染料に染み込ませている溶液の中に浸すことで色を加える、(何かの)色を変える
〖～ A C〗 A〈髪･布など〉をC〈色〉に染める, 染色する, 着色する
e.g. with complement : I dyed my hair blonde: 私は自分の髪をブロンドに染めた。
e.g. (as adjective dyed) : dyed black hair.: 染めた黒髪
no object take color well or badly during the dyeing process: 染める過程の間に色がよく、悪く色づく
〈布などが〉染まる
e.g. it's good material—it should dye well.: それは良い素材で、よく染まるだろう。
PHRASES
dyed in the wool
unchanging in a particular belief or opinion; inveterate: ある信念や意見が変わらない; 頑固な
e.g. she's a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.: 彼女は頑固な保守主義だ。
with allusion to the fact that yarn was dyed in the raw state, producing a more even and permanent colour.
紡績糸がそのままの状態で染り、より均等で永久的な色合いを作り出した事実にあてつけて
DERIVATIVES
dyeable adjective
ORIGIN
Old English dēag (noun), dēagian (verb). The noun is not recorded from Old English to the late 16th century, when it was re-formed from the verb.