the natural colouring matter of animal or plant tissue 色素,颜料 ■a substance used for colouring or painting, especially a dry powder, which when mixed with oil, water, or another medium constitutes a paint or ink 涂料(通常为粉状,混在油、水或另一溶剂中作油漆或颜料)
verb
[with obj.][usu. as adj. pigmented]colour (something) with or as if with pigment 给…着色,给…染色,染
派生 pigmentary adjective 语源
Middle English, from Latin pigmentum, from pingere 'to paint'. The verb dates from the early 20th cent