tanning

/'tæniɳ/

Thân thiện

A person's skin is tanning under the bright summer sun.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The process of treating animal skins to produce leather: This involves using tannins or other agents to make the hide durable and resistant to decay.
   • The act of beating someone as a form of punishment: This is an informal or dated usage referring to a thrashing or flogging.
   • The process in which skin becomes darker from exposure to ultraviolet light, especially from the sun: This is the natural process of the skin producing more melanin.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The factory specializes in the tanning of high-quality leather. (The factory's main activity is converting raw hides into leather.)
  • He threatened to give the boy a good tanning for his mischief. (He threatened to beat the boy as punishment.)
  • Excessive tanning without sunscreen can increase the risk of skin damage. (Too much sun exposure to darken the skin is harmful.)

Advanced Usage

• "Sun tanning": specifically refers to the process of darkening one's skin by exposing it to sunlight.
  • She enjoys sun tanning on the beach during summer.
• "Self-tanning": refers to products that artificially darken the skin without sun exposure.
  • He uses a self-tanning lotion to achieve a bronzed look.

Variants and Related Words

• Tan (verb): To make or become brown from sun exposure or a chemical process.
  • Her skin tans easily in the sun.
• Tanner (noun): A person whose job is to tan hides to make leather.
• Tannery (noun): A place where the tanning of leather is carried out.
  • The old tannery has been converted into apartments.

Synonyms

• For making leather: Curing, processing.
• For beating: Thrashing, flogging, whipping.
• For skin darkening: Bronzing, browning.

Related Phrases

• "To get a tanning": (Informal) To receive a beating.
  • If you break that window, you'll get a tanning!
• "Tanning bed": A device that emits ultraviolet radiation for artificial skin tanning.
  • Using a tanning bed is not recommended by dermatologists.

Học thuật

Noun

1. making leather from rawhide
2. beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
3. process in which skin pigmentation darkens as a result of exposure to ultraviolet light

Từ đồng nghĩa

• whipping
• flogging
• lashing
• flagellation