dis·tain /dɪsˈten/
(v.)使變色;玷辱;貽羞
Dis·tain v. t. [imp. & p. p. Distained p. pr. & vb. n. Distaining.] To tinge with a different color from the natural or proper one; to stain; to discolor; to sully; to tarnish; to defile; -- used chiefly in poetry. “Distained with dirt and blood.”
[She] hath . . . distained her honorable blood. --Spenser.
The worthiness of praise distains his worth. --Shak.
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