1 N-MASS 油漆;涂料 Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture. 油漆;涂料
SYN colouring, colour, stain, dye
2 N-SING (已干的)油漆层,涂层 On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it. (已干的)油漆层,涂层
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The paint was peeling on the window frames.
窗框上的油漆在剥落。
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They'll probably scrape the paint off and make it look like a regular patrol car.
他们可能会将油漆刮掉,使它看起来像一部普通的巡逻警车。
3 VERB 给…上油漆(或涂料) If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint. 给…上油漆(或涂料) [Also VERB]
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They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls. [VERB noun]
他们开始修补木建部分,粉刷墙壁。
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I made a guitar and painted it red. [V n colour]
我做了一把吉他,并把它漆成了红色。
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...painted furniture. [VERB-ed]
上漆的家具
4 VERB (用颜料)绘,画 If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint. (用颜料)绘,画
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He is painting a huge volcano. [VERB noun]
他正在画一座巨大的火山。
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Why do people paint pictures?. [VERB noun]
人们为什么画画?
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I had come here to paint. [VERB]
我来这里作画。
5 VERB 用漆写(或画) When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint. 用漆写(或画)
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...a machine for painting white lines down roads. [VERB noun prep.]
用漆在马路上划白线的机器
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They went around painting rude slogans on cars. [VERB noun prep.]
他们到处在汽车上涂写粗鲁的标语。
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The recesses are decorated with gold stars, with smaller stars painted along the edges. [VERB-ed]
那些壁龛用金色的星星作装饰,边缘则用漆绘着小一些的星星。
6 VERB 涂,抹(嘴唇、指甲等) If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them. 涂,抹(嘴唇、指甲等)
7 VERB 描绘;描述 If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid. 描绘;描述
SYN describe, capture, portray, depict
8 See also: painting gloss paint oil paint poster paint war paint
Quotations
And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most Joseph Addison The Campaign
Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend John Singer Sargent
Word Partnership | Use paint with: |
ADJ. | blue/green/red/white/yellow paint 1 fresh paint, peeling paint 2 |
N. | can of paint 1 coat of paint 2 paint a picture, paint a portrait 4 |
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