资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tincture \Tinc"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tinctured}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Tincturing}.]
   1. To communicate a slight foreign color to; to tinge; to
      impregnate with some extraneous matter.

            A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty
            gay colors.                           --I. Watts.

   2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion of anything
      foreign to; to tinge.

            The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture
            all our soul.                         --Barrow.