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suntan

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hair & beauty
sun·tan /ˈsʌntæn/ ●●○ noun [countable]  DCBbrown skin that someone with pale skin gets after they have spent time in the sun 晒黑的皮肤,古铜色皮肤 SYN tan, → sunburnsuntanned adjective
Examples from the Corpus
suntanGreg acquires a suntan whilst doing a spot of corporate yachting.A man whose name is so synonymous with a suntan that it is a running joke in Doonesbury?Facts and Fictions about suntans Fiction: A sun tan is healthy.Surf and suntans, antipodean accents, endless brothers and sisters cropping up out of nowhere are all part of the appeal.One of the first suntan lotions was Bain de Soleil.In time the marks will fade, but a golden suntan will give a short-term disguise.But only about one person in three gets a good suntan from a sunbed alone.
sun·tan nounChineseSyllable
pale with that skin someone brown Corpus skin


suntan
suntan /ˈsʌntæn/ noun [countable]
brown skin that someone with pale skin gets after they have spent time in the sun
   SYN  tansunburn
—suntanned adjective


sun·tanBrE /ˈsʌntæn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌntæn/ 🔊 noun [usually singular] = tan (2) Where have you been to get that suntan? 你上哪儿去了,晒得黑黑的?🔊🔊   compare sunburn sun·tan adjective [only before noun] suntan oil防晒油 sun·tanned BrE /ˈsʌntænd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsʌntænd/ 🔊 adjective = tanned a suntanned face晒得黝黑的脸庞