Definition of paint in English:

paint

noun peɪntpeɪnt

1mass noun A coloured substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating.
油漆；涂料
a tin of paint
一罐油漆。
count noun bituminous paints
含沥青的涂料。
Example sentencesExamples
- Watered-down paint soaks into the porous concrete so it won't flake or peel like surface paint does.
- The top ones were drawn on cartridge paper and then painted in watercolour using sepia colour paint, and the bottom ones were painted straight onto watercolour paper using light red.
- A zinc rich paint coating protects the interior of the pipe.
- The door was metal with no handle, and painted with white paint now flaking off.
- The only function of plaster on walls and ceilings, unless it is itself elaborately decorative, is to serve as a smooth surface on which to place decorative paper or paint.
- In order to cut down on the cost of paint, consider mixing sample pots of colours with white paint.
- For the third coat, which you will sponge onto the wall, you can pick either a colour glaze paint or a ready-made colour wash.
- Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water.
- He is fond of thin paint and frequently layers a dark blue or black wash over phosphorescent pastel hues.
- A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint.
- Carpenters were now putting a fresh coating of paint on the house, making it look almost as though it had just been built.
- That is why I deliberately allow early coatings of paint to show through as I continually build color.
- Finally, rub down the wood to remove the splinters, give it a thin wash of acrylic paint and brush on the clear preservative.
- Yet even when, as here, he captures the light with such sensitivity, Cameron does not use paint for its vivid colour, but as a means of expressing tonal change.
- Look at the picture at top; imagine it on an enormous canvas, in thick paint, colours saturated and glowing.
- It was later given two coats of paint in appropriate colours.
- In general, graffiti is removed by using paint in a colour which has the closest match to the actual colour of the tree trunk.
- No artificial paint or any colouring agent is coated on the surface.
- A demonstration is given on how to paint using black watercolor or slightly thinned tempera paint.
- We did test some acrylic paint on tiles and it was just totally unsatisfactory so we chose what, I guess, was the appropriate paint for the surface.
Synonyms
colouring, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, wash, colour
varnish
1. 1.1count noun An act of painting something.
  油漆；涂颜料
  the house looked in need of a good paint
  它看起来要好好油漆一下了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The walls needed a fresh paint, the floor needed vacuuming, and when was the last time I had dusted?
  Jaipur's date with the pink color goes back to 1905-06, when Jaipur city was getting ready to greet the Prince of Wales and needed a fresh paint all over.
2. 1.2informal Cosmetic make-up.
  〈非正式〉化妆，涂脂抹粉
  one has false curls, another too much paint
  一个戴着假卷发，另一个妆化得太浓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her hair was done up in glossy curls and her face bore paint used for makeup.
  Quickly and efficiently the men applied face paint to each other.
  But what keeps me going is the thought of applying party make-up, because I love to play with paint.
  That was the first night Lewanna felt truly beautiful, with the powder and paint on her face, the ability to become someone else disguising all her flaws.
  "Come here, " Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby's face.
  She showed Paul the results - a once white Kleenex covered with layers of pale colored foundation and white paint.
  If anti-Rococo critics claimed oil paint was too much like cosmetic paint, social critics held that the reverse was true.
  ‘Oh, Isis,’ I muttered, grabbing a wet cloth and starting to scrub my face of the overdone kohl and paint.
  He looked bizarre in a Rasta wig, a multi-coloured hat, a Caribbean-style shirt and brown make-up paint daubed over his face.
  And her make-up was simple with red paint for her lips; light redness for her cheeks.
  His paint was lipstick, blush, mascara; his canvas, the most celebrated faces in the world.
  Why is it that he is not donning the grease paint too often these days?
  Synonyms
  cosmetics, greasepaint
3. 1.3Computing The function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint.
  〔计算机〕（尤指模拟真画效果的）绘图功能
  as modifier a paint program
  Example sentencesExamples
  Photoshop has long been a leader among graphics manipulation and paint software.
  I have jotted down a few of the basic features one could expect to find in a computer photo paint type program.
  Upgrade your ability to edit images with this free paint program.
  If the artwork isn't perfect, I fire up my paint program and make adjustments myself.
  In paint programs, by contrast, he can only add previously created images to the surfaces, which is not as effective.
2North American A piebald horse.
〈北美〉花马，杂色马
as modifier a paint mare
Example sentencesExamples
- I turned around in enough time to see Bey trot around a bend on his black Friesian, leading a black paint mare I've dubbed Kionee.
- Tommie is a second-generation horse trainer, raised on a paint horse ranch in California.
- Miko Smitheson was walking his paint mare on a long rein out of the arena when I got there, the pair of them looking hot and tired.
- The mare was a brown and white spotted horse or known as a paint.
- He looked up to Sadie, who was leading a brown paint horse toward them.
- Malichi, on his paint stallion, Splash, led the way with Jade, on Cotton, close behind.
- Misty saw them first, Tracey and Madison on the back of his paint pony.
- The program was successful at Paint of a Different Color the first year and Al ended up with a beautiful homozygous filly and a palomino paint colt.
- He looked around for a moment seeing his paint horse dancer on the other side pasture.
- Although I'm going to the paint horse show in the morning there was nothing today to bounce me out early.
- Usually such markings were only found on paints, and yet he was a simple quarter horse.
- Solana rode a paint mare that stood about fifteen and a half hands high; large black spots covered a cream body.
- The paint mare slowed to an energetic trot, the rain making her giddy with a natural high.
- A beautiful paint mare was stretched on her side in the middle of labor.
- Larry and Sue travel the country showing their own paint stock as well as horses Larry is training for reining and cow horse competitions.
- I slowed my pace so as to not disrupt the sleepy horses, but I did not waste time while making my way toward the stall Yahora shared with an old paint mare.
- Less than a mile behind, the beam of light washed over another man; a man trotting alongside a paint horse.
- Kris had been trying out barrel racing, so she lugged the heavy western saddle and the square saddle pad over to the paint horse.
3Basketball
in singular The rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court.
〔篮球〕三秒区
the two players jostled in the paint
两名球员在三秒区争夺。
Example sentencesExamples
- They do a good job defensively of matching up again with their zone, contesting us when we're driving in the paint against the seven-footers.
- Whatever the reason, Thompson has been fortunate to avoid being trapped in the paint all the time, a fact that has greatly enhanced his game.
- It used to be a quick team, with small but tough players in the paint, good (but not great) shooters, and clever point guards.
- With Baylor and Chamberlain down in the paint, Counts was free to play away from the basket and use his great outside touch.
- He has quick feet and enough moves to get three or four baskets in the paint.

verb peɪntpeɪnt

[with object]

1Cover the surface of (something) with paint.
用油漆（或涂料）覆盖
with object and complement the ceiling was painted dark grey
Example sentencesExamples
- Here the walls have been plastered in a textured way and the room is painted dark red.
- The brightly painted yellow walls, together with tea lights atop dark wooden tables, give the place a warm feeling.
- The walls were painted a dark blue with gold lining on the ceiling and floor.
- The brightly painted front door from an age gone by gleams in the morning Sun.
- Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab.
- Young's Airframe Repair did the skins and when a new set was completed, Mike would prime and paint the skins so that they would be ready for installation.
- The keys themselves are formed from translucent plastic and then painted to match the PowerBook's aluminium shell.
- The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets.
- With freshly painted nails and jewelry to match, she carries an additional accessory item that speaks for itself.
- These parts are being anodized or plated, and will be painted or powder-coated prior to assembly.
- Back down toward the river, in contrast to the splendor of much of the Castle complex, Golden Lane is formed by numerous brightly painted shoe-box sized peasant houses.
- The roof was made from sand paper cut and painted to resemble slates.
- Today hundreds of brightly painted gondolas line the canalside and can be hired out by the hour or half-hour.
- Think of a plaster ceiling, painted a sky blue, perhaps with puffy clouds skipping across it.
- Two panels of the shelving are painted a dark brick red to give accent, and three others are in beech plywood for the same reason.
- Jared was spray painting one of the walls that was surprisingly still bare.
- Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun.
- Similarly, painting the ceiling a darker color than the walls tends to create a more intimate feeling.
- It was noted that the railings of the Clodiagh Bridge had been freshly painted and that the river name signs looked well.
- The popular effect of splashbacks is achieved when one side of a glass panel is painted then adhered to surfaces either behind cooktops, or as a feature panel in a bathroom.
Synonyms
colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, distemper, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover
daub, smear, plaster, spray, spray-paint, airbrush
1. 1.1 Apply cosmetics to (the skin)
  给（脸，皮肤）化妆
  she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted
  她的年纪不会超过14岁，可脸上却化着浓妆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Next was the easy part, or so I thought - sitting in a chair for a few hours, doing nothing but having my skin painted.
  Her eyes were painted with dark kohl, hair brighter than Bridget's was, lips plump, face broad and distinctive.
  Cage is tall and skinny enough, and since Morpheus is simply inscrutable, you could just paint Cage white and let the makeup do the acting.
  Hip, sophisticated and painted with Japanese cosmetics, the heroines move slickly through a life of nightclubbing, jet planes and media parties.
  Lace reluctantly turned her head up, shimmering blue eyes revealed, luscious lips painted with a pink brush across her face.
  She was wiping tears from her eyes; then she applied lipstick on a mouth that was painted like a Kidney bean.
  They had their faces painted white, with different color variations.
  He'd painted his skin a whole different shade of beige.
  The work is so meticulous that even their outer ears have to be painted with a tiny brush, which makes it difficult to remove their makeup after a performance.
2. 1.2 Apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush.
  给…刷上（液体）
  Example sentencesExamples
  All that you need to do is paint the clear liquid dots all over your boat.
  The film opens with a pre-title sequence that shows a close-up of a brush as it paints a large black spot on a blank canvas.
  This morning I brushed up against a door that had been recently painted with latex paint (I think).
  Sgraffiti designs are made by painting an undercoat of plaster, covered by an overcoat of another colour.
  If one paints dots onto the surface of the balloon and then blows it up, each dot sees all the other dots moving away as if it were the centre of expansion.
  The name of the ship was painted on its gray surface in diplomatic purple.
  The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it.
  Almost anything can be painted these days, including laminate.
  Be sure to prime or size any newly applied drywall compound before painting or papering.
  With his free hand, he picked up a small paint brush and resumed painting the concave interior, where a detailed scene of army camp life was almost complete.
  The building has been painted with lime wash to allow the structure to breathe.
  Grain can be painted into the wood with a soft No.4 artist's brush and India ink diluted with rubbing alcohol.
  Can you imagine painting without a brush, sewing without a needle, or writing without a pen?
  The 2 wound models used for this study were plaster of Paris bases painted to resemble actual wounds.
  Applied decoration may be painted, engraved or etched.
  Wood can be painted to look like marble and walls made to look like stone.
  The medicine comes in either a liquid form that's painted on the skin or as a patch that sticks onto the wart.
  Picture frames, bought cheaply from a homestore chain such as Ikea, can be painted in white emulsion to give a driftwood look.
  She cleanses, exfoliates and tones my skin, then paints a soft, warm wax with jojoba onto my face to open pores and soften the sebum.
  Schwarz had painted its work surface with many layers of orangy brown paint, emphasizing signs of use and damage.
3. 1.3paint something out Obliterate something with paint.
  油漆；涂颜料
  the markings on the plane were hurriedly painted out
  飞机上的标记被匆匆用漆涂掉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When her husband became convinced that she was being unfaithful, he had her painted out of both portraits.
  A vandal would have to go out, buy some Liquid Paper and paint the mustache out in order to deface it.
  He added: ‘I will be more than happy myself to simply turn up one Saturday morning and paint the lines out.’
  Oh well it's freedom, you just have these things in your mind and you just sort of paint them out and pick them, and re-do them again.
  In fact, Hopper had originally included a figure in the upper storey, but later painted it out.
  So he took his old shoe and painted it out and slapped the new shoe logo on that shoe, trying to see if he could if he could get away with it.
  Cover a zit with a small pointy brush dipped in concealer and ‘paint it out,’ says Eugenia Weston, makeup artist and founder of Senna Cosmetics boutiques in Southern California.
  Everything in Ostermeier's production contributes to the play's central revelation: the woman's realisation that ‘I can't paint things out, they're always there.‘
  Catherine McGlinchey sees it as a sign that classical republicanism is being slowly painted out of history.
  He fully grasped the power of omission, saying of one of his landscape paintings: ‘I paint in all these details in order that I may know how to paint them out.’
2Depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint.
I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp
我画了一位坐在台灯边的妇女。
he paints landscapes and portraits
Example sentencesExamples
- Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion.
- On several occasions, Monet painted the same view covered in a blanket of snow.
- He admired the truthfulness of landscapes painted by an unschooled artist, who became his first teacher.
- My best holiday was with Leo, the artist who'd painted me, and his wife Gemma one summer.
- When the Irish portraitist, Nathaniel Hone painted her in 1765, she was at the height of her popularity.
- Jan's sense of self-confidence is what makes artists want to paint her, she said.
- The artist returned to the Arlé sienne in 1958, painting her in the person of Jacqueline, his companion at the time.
- ‘In these pictures I have painted people who go to Bridge House and being a part of my pictures gives them confidence in their own abilities’.
- Bailey Doogan paints clouds the way she paints skin.
- Saskia Van Uylenburgh was the daughter of an impoverished though respected burgomaster and Rembrandt drew and painted her over and over again.
- Showing their jest for life, some children painted Walt Disney characters on their greetings.
- The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature.
- She started with representational works, painting some of the lovely scenes that can be seen from the island, and the colours and styles that abound there.
- In 1995, he commissioned a Chinese artist to paint him together with his wife, son and daughter.
- Dietz began painting World War I aviation scenes, but his body of World War II art has made him famous.
- So, instead of painting the desert or the mountains, I painted hotels covered with lots of lush greenery, using a lovely shade of green called veridian.
Synonyms
portray, picture, paint a picture of, depict, delineate, draw, sketch, represent, catch (a likeness of)
reproduce, illustrate, render
1. 2.1 Give a description of.
  the city is not as bad as it is painted
  该城并不像被描述的那样坏。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The remake of Casino Royale, the first Bond novel, will concentrate instead on the character of the spy, painted by Ian Fleming in the book as a suave, coldly aggressive seducer.
  Bettman wants certain high-profile owners to be vocal about small markets and paint a doom-and-gloom financial picture.
  In Bowling Alone, Putnam painted us the picture of American social institutions 30 years in decline.
  This picture is very similar to the picture of urban ghettos painted by urban sociologists during the last decade.
  Storey paints a picture short on romance and rainbows and high on mud, sweat, and naked ambition - in short, he describes perfectly the world of professional rugby.
  The space concerns and planting conditions are probably less than ideal for most, but the pictures paint a different story.
  Boston is a city that often gets painted by outsiders with a broad brush, much the way Philly does.
  Extensive use of maps and photographs helped paint a vivid picture of human misery and squalor.
  The allegations of a partnership, vulnerable as they are for these reasons, are, moreover, only part of the picture painted by the proceedings.
  The carbon copies left at stations of origin paint a comprehensive picture of small-scale trade along the railway.
  Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of Cambrian marine life.
  The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color.
  The picture that Garrow paints seems a fair one to me, given accounts from some other Supreme Court clerks.
  Hate speech always uses the racial and cultural characteristics of the victim, who is painted as an abominable, dangerous creature.
  Though the mystical element is rather missing from his character here, Adès paints Prospero as a wonderfully vengeful mage.
  And indeed, Elisabetta's plight in Don Carlo is painted with a broad brush.
  In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture.
  Without identifying them, paint me some pictures of some of the issues which have come up for you in terms of who ends up with primary care for the child.
  You might argue that these young writers are painting us a damning portrait of ourselves.
  Some prisoners refused to be identified, but all painted a similar picture of their treatment.
  Synonyms
  tell, recount, narrate, set forth/out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up
2. 2.2Computing Create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program.
  〔计算机〕用绘图程序作图
  the program enables you to paint images on your screen
  Example sentencesExamples
  First, the quality of the phosphors available in the early days was not that great, and the dots would start to fade out before the entire screen could be painted.
  An aggregate of about 400 gigaflops was needed to paint a semi-realistic image of a compact car on a display screen.
  Two-dimensional cartoons are no longer created by tracing and painting but assembled on computer screens using software like Director and After Effects.
  The cordless pen allows you to draw and paint on the screen exactly as you would on paper, giving you the freedom to create original designs on your PC.
  As the strips of the image painted on the screen, the room of chattering scientists fell quiet.
3Display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen.
（在雷达屏幕上）显示（飞机，车辆）
flying behind hills lessens the enemy's ability to paint you with radar
Example sentencesExamples
- After being airborne for a half-hour, we painted a few contacts about 70 miles north.
- On August 15, the boat was on a routine patrol when its radar painted a vessel at about 12 nm.

Phrases

like watching paint dry

(of an activity or experience) extremely boring.
（活动，经历）极端乏味
Example sentencesExamples
- So shorter games won't happen even though watching some games today is like watching paint dry.
- They didn't want to touch it, man, it's boring, it's like watching paint dry, it's like watching grass grow.
- The kind of secondary legislation that we have powers over, that we debate on a typical Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon, is like watching paint dry.
- Sometimes it's boring, it's like watching paint dry.
- If you don't know what's going on it must be like watching paint dry.
- Miserable weather, nothing happening apparently, short days, long nights, it's like a sort of void, waiting expectantly, like watching paint dry, suddenly the whole world goes mad for a few days.
- Some journalists told me it was like watching paint dry because it was just endless back and forth in which neither side really seemed to want to deal in the end.
- It really is a splendid tearjerker, though some may find it a wee bit like watching paint dry (alternate title: How Slow Moving Was My Screenplay).
- He throws breaking balls at three different speeds: Slow, slower and like watching paint dry.
- The inquiry had lasted a fortnight before summing-up day, and like all such procedures, it must have been like watching paint dry at times.

paint a picture of

Describe (someone or something) in a particular way.
the president painted a grim picture of life in the next century
Example sentencesExamples
- Oh, how we liked to paint a picture of being " under the thumb of big business ".
- She routinely vastly inflates her statistics in order to paint a picture of ordinary families increasingly squeezed by circumstances beyond their control.
- The fun part was being able to paint a picture of my entire career through the eyes of others.
- An article in the March 16 issue of the San Jose Mercury News begins to paint a picture of what California consumers will face.
- He doesn't criticize the definitions, he chooses instead to try to paint a picture of extremism where there isn't any.
- I think what she's trying to do is paint a picture of him more of a liberal.
- The survey, fielded in August 2004, paints a picture of plugged-in political information gatherers.
- Over the course of 50 scathing pages he painted a picture of an authority where abuse of the public purse was endemic.
- The prosecution is really going all out to try to paint a picture of what his personality is all about.
- The latest national intelligence estimate paints a picture of a country hanging in the balance.
Synonyms
tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up

paint oneself into a corner

Leave oneself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre.
使自己陷入困境
Example sentencesExamples
- We'd painted ourselves into a corner where we were limited by having to play new releases and I wouldn't have carried on doing radio if I was limited by that.
- The result is that the distillers have painted themselves into a corner, albeit for the moment a profitable one.
- So I think they've kind of painted themselves into a corner here, and we're working with them to help get them out of that corner.
- We were not going to get painted into a corner with nowhere to go.
- Matt Pike found himself painted into the opposite corner about ten years later.
- He's not sure he still holds true to that belief, but he likes making records - and, with some pundits arguing dance has painted itself into a corner, he's keen to prove them wrong.
- So the administration has done a pretty good job of painting itself into a corner where it has to act - and soon.
- Beevor painted himself into a corner by marketing this book as a spy story.
- As many of us have long suspected, the mandarins have painted themselves into a corner and just hoped that the problem would go away.
- For all the exhilarating invention in these three books, however, there is also the sense of an author painting himself into a corner.

paint the town red

informal Go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly.
〈非正式〉大肆寻欢作乐
you want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend
Example sentencesExamples
- Raise the roof and paint the town red, there's cause for celebration.
- Two Swindon car sprayers will be painting the town red after winning a share of £315,000 on the National Lottery.
- She added that I should look out for her in London, and when she got there we could paint the town red.
- Once in a while, someone from up North comes to town, and paints the town red.
- Whether you're painting the town red or going to a black tie affair, start the New Year with the utmost style.
- Given an opportunity, they just might break free and paint the town red.
- In the night enjoy cozy meal in the comforts of your vacation rental home or paint the town red with a visit to any one of the fine dining restaurants.
- So, when the opportunity came up to paint the town red last night with Simon and a couple of friends (Stacey and Heather) I just couldn't say no!
- We were simply there to paint the town red by way of celebration for Stuart's birthday.
- Let's have a session, let's be boisterous, let's paint the town red.
Synonyms
celebrate, carouse, enjoy oneself, make merry, have a good time, have a wild time, party, have a party

Phrasal Verbs

paint up

(in Aboriginal English) decorate the body for ceremonial purposes.
the dancers generally help one another to paint up
Example sentencesExamples
- This framework directs the way that each woman will paint up, who will paint her and what kinds of body designs she will wear.
- The Tjapukai dancers, painted up and in full costume, joined their people in protest demonstrations.
- They were all painted up and dancing that special dance of the sisters, djirrididi.
- The oldest generation will tell you how they used to paint up and dance before a great fire.
- I found myself painted up and on an Aboriginal dance ground, unable to make any sense of the steps required.

Derivatives

paintable

adjective

Pine and basswood moldings are usually the least expensive choices for paintable trim.
Example sentencesExamples
- Fill the cracks between the old and new boards (the 1/8-inch cracks left from before) with paintable caulk.
- After the surface has been thoroughly dried, apply one coat of a paintable water repellent preservative or water repellent to the bare wood, being careful to liberally treat end and lap joints.
- This is a good plywood for use where one smooth, paintable surface is needed.
- Apart from the squared off potholes, the view on both sides was magnificently paintable.

painty

adjective

He held out his painty hands as though a cat's cradle was strung up between them.
Example sentencesExamples
- Paint the back and sides of your specimen first, using the colors very thin (use transparent oil paint), so that the fish will not have a "painty" appearance; next put the ground color on the belly and blend it with that of the back and sides.
- When I got back, the paint was dry, so I got on with the second coat and ended up almost as painty as I had been before I went to the gym.
- After painting this room, the decorators decided to tip their buckets of painty, murky water down a sink by the wall.
- A $1 bill and the fragments of a 810 note have been pasted on canvas, covered by a thin scumble of paint, and further manipulated to give it a painty appearance.

Origin

Middle English: from peint 'painted', past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere 'to paint'.

Paint is from Old French peint ‘painted’, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’. To paint the town red dates from the late 19th century. It is first found in the USA which puts in doubt the story that it comes from an occasion in 1837 when Marquis of Waterford and some young friends ran riot in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray and painted some of the buildings red. An alternative interpretation is that revellers were thought of as having such a wild time that they treated the entire town like a red light district. Paint yourself into a corner, from the image of someone painting a floor and forgetting to start near a doorway to avoid crossing the wet paint, arose in the 1970s. Painter (Middle English) goes back to Latin pictor which also gives us picturesque (early 18th century) the spelling changed to fit with picture.

Rhymes

acquaint, ain't, attaint, complaint, constraint, distraint, faint, feint, plaint, quaint, restraint, saint, taint

Definition of paint in US English:

paint

nounpeɪntpānt

1A colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating.
油漆；涂料
a can of paint
一罐油漆。
the paint has been applied to the surface with a palette knife
Example sentencesExamples
- In general, graffiti is removed by using paint in a colour which has the closest match to the actual colour of the tree trunk.
- We did test some acrylic paint on tiles and it was just totally unsatisfactory so we chose what, I guess, was the appropriate paint for the surface.
- In order to cut down on the cost of paint, consider mixing sample pots of colours with white paint.
- Yet even when, as here, he captures the light with such sensitivity, Cameron does not use paint for its vivid colour, but as a means of expressing tonal change.
- A demonstration is given on how to paint using black watercolor or slightly thinned tempera paint.
- A zinc rich paint coating protects the interior of the pipe.
- No artificial paint or any colouring agent is coated on the surface.
- Finally, rub down the wood to remove the splinters, give it a thin wash of acrylic paint and brush on the clear preservative.
- The top ones were drawn on cartridge paper and then painted in watercolour using sepia colour paint, and the bottom ones were painted straight onto watercolour paper using light red.
- That is why I deliberately allow early coatings of paint to show through as I continually build color.
- He is fond of thin paint and frequently layers a dark blue or black wash over phosphorescent pastel hues.
- A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint.
- The only function of plaster on walls and ceilings, unless it is itself elaborately decorative, is to serve as a smooth surface on which to place decorative paper or paint.
- For the third coat, which you will sponge onto the wall, you can pick either a colour glaze paint or a ready-made colour wash.
- Watered-down paint soaks into the porous concrete so it won't flake or peel like surface paint does.
- Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water.
- Look at the picture at top; imagine it on an enormous canvas, in thick paint, colours saturated and glowing.
- The door was metal with no handle, and painted with white paint now flaking off.
- It was later given two coats of paint in appropriate colours.
- Carpenters were now putting a fresh coating of paint on the house, making it look almost as though it had just been built.
Synonyms
colouring, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, wash, colour
1. 1.1 An act of covering something with paint.
  油漆；涂颜料
  it looked in need of a good paint
  它看起来要好好油漆一下了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jaipur's date with the pink color goes back to 1905-06, when Jaipur city was getting ready to greet the Prince of Wales and needed a fresh paint all over.
  The walls needed a fresh paint, the floor needed vacuuming, and when was the last time I had dusted?
2. 1.2informal Cosmetic makeup.
  〈非正式〉化妆，涂脂抹粉
  one has false curls, another too much paint
  一个戴着假卷发，另一个妆化得太浓。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He looked bizarre in a Rasta wig, a multi-coloured hat, a Caribbean-style shirt and brown make-up paint daubed over his face.
  But what keeps me going is the thought of applying party make-up, because I love to play with paint.
  That was the first night Lewanna felt truly beautiful, with the powder and paint on her face, the ability to become someone else disguising all her flaws.
  "Come here, " Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby's face.
  ‘Oh, Isis,’ I muttered, grabbing a wet cloth and starting to scrub my face of the overdone kohl and paint.
  And her make-up was simple with red paint for her lips; light redness for her cheeks.
  Why is it that he is not donning the grease paint too often these days?
  His paint was lipstick, blush, mascara; his canvas, the most celebrated faces in the world.
  Quickly and efficiently the men applied face paint to each other.
  If anti-Rococo critics claimed oil paint was too much like cosmetic paint, social critics held that the reverse was true.
  She showed Paul the results - a once white Kleenex covered with layers of pale colored foundation and white paint.
  Her hair was done up in glossy curls and her face bore paint used for makeup.
  Synonyms
  cosmetics, greasepaint
3. 1.3Computing The function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint.
  〔计算机〕（尤指模拟真画效果的）绘图功能
  as modifier a paint program
  Example sentencesExamples
  Photoshop has long been a leader among graphics manipulation and paint software.
  In paint programs, by contrast, he can only add previously created images to the surfaces, which is not as effective.
  If the artwork isn't perfect, I fire up my paint program and make adjustments myself.
  I have jotted down a few of the basic features one could expect to find in a computer photo paint type program.
  Upgrade your ability to edit images with this free paint program.
2North American A piebald horse.
〈北美〉花马，杂色马
as modifier a paint mare
Example sentencesExamples
- Larry and Sue travel the country showing their own paint stock as well as horses Larry is training for reining and cow horse competitions.
- Less than a mile behind, the beam of light washed over another man; a man trotting alongside a paint horse.
- The paint mare slowed to an energetic trot, the rain making her giddy with a natural high.
- Miko Smitheson was walking his paint mare on a long rein out of the arena when I got there, the pair of them looking hot and tired.
- The program was successful at Paint of a Different Color the first year and Al ended up with a beautiful homozygous filly and a palomino paint colt.
- Misty saw them first, Tracey and Madison on the back of his paint pony.
- Solana rode a paint mare that stood about fifteen and a half hands high; large black spots covered a cream body.
- He looked around for a moment seeing his paint horse dancer on the other side pasture.
- The mare was a brown and white spotted horse or known as a paint.
- I turned around in enough time to see Bey trot around a bend on his black Friesian, leading a black paint mare I've dubbed Kionee.
- Kris had been trying out barrel racing, so she lugged the heavy western saddle and the square saddle pad over to the paint horse.
- Tommie is a second-generation horse trainer, raised on a paint horse ranch in California.
- Although I'm going to the paint horse show in the morning there was nothing today to bounce me out early.
- Malichi, on his paint stallion, Splash, led the way with Jade, on Cotton, close behind.
- Usually such markings were only found on paints, and yet he was a simple quarter horse.
- A beautiful paint mare was stretched on her side in the middle of labor.
- I slowed my pace so as to not disrupt the sleepy horses, but I did not waste time while making my way toward the stall Yahora shared with an old paint mare.
- He looked up to Sadie, who was leading a brown paint horse toward them.
3Basketball
The rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court; the foul lane.
〔篮球〕三秒区
the two players jostled in the paint
两名球员在三秒区争夺。
Example sentencesExamples
- They do a good job defensively of matching up again with their zone, contesting us when we're driving in the paint against the seven-footers.
- Whatever the reason, Thompson has been fortunate to avoid being trapped in the paint all the time, a fact that has greatly enhanced his game.
- He has quick feet and enough moves to get three or four baskets in the paint.
- It used to be a quick team, with small but tough players in the paint, good (but not great) shooters, and clever point guards.
- With Baylor and Chamberlain down in the paint, Counts was free to play away from the basket and use his great outside touch.

verbpeɪntpānt

[with object]

1Cover the surface of (something) with paint, as decoration or protection.
油漆；涂饰
with object and complement the ceiling was painted dark gray
the walls hadn't been painted for years
Example sentencesExamples
- Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab.
- Similarly, painting the ceiling a darker color than the walls tends to create a more intimate feeling.
- Here the walls have been plastered in a textured way and the room is painted dark red.
- Two panels of the shelving are painted a dark brick red to give accent, and three others are in beech plywood for the same reason.
- It was noted that the railings of the Clodiagh Bridge had been freshly painted and that the river name signs looked well.
- Think of a plaster ceiling, painted a sky blue, perhaps with puffy clouds skipping across it.
- These parts are being anodized or plated, and will be painted or powder-coated prior to assembly.
- Back down toward the river, in contrast to the splendor of much of the Castle complex, Golden Lane is formed by numerous brightly painted shoe-box sized peasant houses.
- The popular effect of splashbacks is achieved when one side of a glass panel is painted then adhered to surfaces either behind cooktops, or as a feature panel in a bathroom.
- With freshly painted nails and jewelry to match, she carries an additional accessory item that speaks for itself.
- The keys themselves are formed from translucent plastic and then painted to match the PowerBook's aluminium shell.
- Jared was spray painting one of the walls that was surprisingly still bare.
- The walls were painted a dark blue with gold lining on the ceiling and floor.
- The roof was made from sand paper cut and painted to resemble slates.
- Young's Airframe Repair did the skins and when a new set was completed, Mike would prime and paint the skins so that they would be ready for installation.
- The brightly painted front door from an age gone by gleams in the morning Sun.
- The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets.
- Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun.
- The brightly painted yellow walls, together with tea lights atop dark wooden tables, give the place a warm feeling.
- Today hundreds of brightly painted gondolas line the canalside and can be hired out by the hour or half-hour.
Synonyms
colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, distemper, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover
daub, smear, plaster, spray, spray-paint, airbrush
1. 1.1 Apply cosmetics to (the face or skin)
  给（脸，皮肤）化妆
  she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted
  她的年纪不会超过14岁，可脸上却化着浓妆。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lace reluctantly turned her head up, shimmering blue eyes revealed, luscious lips painted with a pink brush across her face.
  Hip, sophisticated and painted with Japanese cosmetics, the heroines move slickly through a life of nightclubbing, jet planes and media parties.
  They had their faces painted white, with different color variations.
  He'd painted his skin a whole different shade of beige.
  Cage is tall and skinny enough, and since Morpheus is simply inscrutable, you could just paint Cage white and let the makeup do the acting.
  Her eyes were painted with dark kohl, hair brighter than Bridget's was, lips plump, face broad and distinctive.
  She was wiping tears from her eyes; then she applied lipstick on a mouth that was painted like a Kidney bean.
  Next was the easy part, or so I thought - sitting in a chair for a few hours, doing nothing but having my skin painted.
  The work is so meticulous that even their outer ears have to be painted with a tiny brush, which makes it difficult to remove their makeup after a performance.
2. 1.2 Apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush.
  给…刷上（液体）
  Example sentencesExamples
  The film opens with a pre-title sequence that shows a close-up of a brush as it paints a large black spot on a blank canvas.
  Can you imagine painting without a brush, sewing without a needle, or writing without a pen?
  Almost anything can be painted these days, including laminate.
  Sgraffiti designs are made by painting an undercoat of plaster, covered by an overcoat of another colour.
  Wood can be painted to look like marble and walls made to look like stone.
  With his free hand, he picked up a small paint brush and resumed painting the concave interior, where a detailed scene of army camp life was almost complete.
  Be sure to prime or size any newly applied drywall compound before painting or papering.
  The building has been painted with lime wash to allow the structure to breathe.
  Picture frames, bought cheaply from a homestore chain such as Ikea, can be painted in white emulsion to give a driftwood look.
  All that you need to do is paint the clear liquid dots all over your boat.
  The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it.
  Schwarz had painted its work surface with many layers of orangy brown paint, emphasizing signs of use and damage.
  Grain can be painted into the wood with a soft No.4 artist's brush and India ink diluted with rubbing alcohol.
  The medicine comes in either a liquid form that's painted on the skin or as a patch that sticks onto the wart.
  If one paints dots onto the surface of the balloon and then blows it up, each dot sees all the other dots moving away as if it were the centre of expansion.
  The name of the ship was painted on its gray surface in diplomatic purple.
  This morning I brushed up against a door that had been recently painted with latex paint (I think).
  The 2 wound models used for this study were plaster of Paris bases painted to resemble actual wounds.
  She cleanses, exfoliates and tones my skin, then paints a soft, warm wax with jojoba onto my face to open pores and soften the sebum.
  Applied decoration may be painted, engraved or etched.
3. 1.3paint something out Efface something with paint.
  油漆；涂颜料
  the markings on the plane were hurriedly painted out
  飞机上的标记被匆匆用漆涂掉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Oh well it's freedom, you just have these things in your mind and you just sort of paint them out and pick them, and re-do them again.
  Catherine McGlinchey sees it as a sign that classical republicanism is being slowly painted out of history.
  Cover a zit with a small pointy brush dipped in concealer and ‘paint it out,’ says Eugenia Weston, makeup artist and founder of Senna Cosmetics boutiques in Southern California.
  Everything in Ostermeier's production contributes to the play's central revelation: the woman's realisation that ‘I can't paint things out, they're always there.‘
  In fact, Hopper had originally included a figure in the upper storey, but later painted it out.
  He fully grasped the power of omission, saying of one of his landscape paintings: ‘I paint in all these details in order that I may know how to paint them out.’
  When her husband became convinced that she was being unfaithful, he had her painted out of both portraits.
  He added: ‘I will be more than happy myself to simply turn up one Saturday morning and paint the lines out.’
  A vandal would have to go out, buy some Liquid Paper and paint the mustache out in order to deface it.
  So he took his old shoe and painted it out and slapped the new shoe logo on that shoe, trying to see if he could if he could get away with it.
2Depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint.
I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp
我画了一位坐在台灯边的妇女。
Marr is a self-taught artist who paints portraits
玛尔是自学成才的肖像画家。
Example sentencesExamples
- Showing their jest for life, some children painted Walt Disney characters on their greetings.
- She started with representational works, painting some of the lovely scenes that can be seen from the island, and the colours and styles that abound there.
- ‘In these pictures I have painted people who go to Bridge House and being a part of my pictures gives them confidence in their own abilities’.
- The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature.
- Bailey Doogan paints clouds the way she paints skin.
- Dietz began painting World War I aviation scenes, but his body of World War II art has made him famous.
- The artist returned to the Arlé sienne in 1958, painting her in the person of Jacqueline, his companion at the time.
- When the Irish portraitist, Nathaniel Hone painted her in 1765, she was at the height of her popularity.
- Saskia Van Uylenburgh was the daughter of an impoverished though respected burgomaster and Rembrandt drew and painted her over and over again.
- My best holiday was with Leo, the artist who'd painted me, and his wife Gemma one summer.
- Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion.
- So, instead of painting the desert or the mountains, I painted hotels covered with lots of lush greenery, using a lovely shade of green called veridian.
- On several occasions, Monet painted the same view covered in a blanket of snow.
- Jan's sense of self-confidence is what makes artists want to paint her, she said.
- He admired the truthfulness of landscapes painted by an unschooled artist, who became his first teacher.
- In 1995, he commissioned a Chinese artist to paint him together with his wife, son and daughter.
Synonyms
portray, picture, paint a picture of, depict, delineate, draw, sketch, represent, catch, catch a likeness of
1. 2.1 Give a description of (someone or something)
  描绘；描述
  I'm painted as some nut case living in the woods
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture.
  You might argue that these young writers are painting us a damning portrait of ourselves.
  In Bowling Alone, Putnam painted us the picture of American social institutions 30 years in decline.
  Though the mystical element is rather missing from his character here, Adès paints Prospero as a wonderfully vengeful mage.
  Hate speech always uses the racial and cultural characteristics of the victim, who is painted as an abominable, dangerous creature.
  The picture that Garrow paints seems a fair one to me, given accounts from some other Supreme Court clerks.
  Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of Cambrian marine life.
  This picture is very similar to the picture of urban ghettos painted by urban sociologists during the last decade.
  And indeed, Elisabetta's plight in Don Carlo is painted with a broad brush.
  Some prisoners refused to be identified, but all painted a similar picture of their treatment.
  Storey paints a picture short on romance and rainbows and high on mud, sweat, and naked ambition - in short, he describes perfectly the world of professional rugby.
  The allegations of a partnership, vulnerable as they are for these reasons, are, moreover, only part of the picture painted by the proceedings.
  The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color.
  The space concerns and planting conditions are probably less than ideal for most, but the pictures paint a different story.
  The remake of Casino Royale, the first Bond novel, will concentrate instead on the character of the spy, painted by Ian Fleming in the book as a suave, coldly aggressive seducer.
  Without identifying them, paint me some pictures of some of the issues which have come up for you in terms of who ends up with primary care for the child.
  The carbon copies left at stations of origin paint a comprehensive picture of small-scale trade along the railway.
  Bettman wants certain high-profile owners to be vocal about small markets and paint a doom-and-gloom financial picture.
  Extensive use of maps and photographs helped paint a vivid picture of human misery and squalor.
  Boston is a city that often gets painted by outsiders with a broad brush, much the way Philly does.
  Synonyms
  tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up
2. 2.2Computing Create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program.
  〔计算机〕用绘图程序作图
  Example sentencesExamples
  As the strips of the image painted on the screen, the room of chattering scientists fell quiet.
  First, the quality of the phosphors available in the early days was not that great, and the dots would start to fade out before the entire screen could be painted.
  The cordless pen allows you to draw and paint on the screen exactly as you would on paper, giving you the freedom to create original designs on your PC.
  An aggregate of about 400 gigaflops was needed to paint a semi-realistic image of a compact car on a display screen.
  Two-dimensional cartoons are no longer created by tracing and painting but assembled on computer screens using software like Director and After Effects.
3Display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen.
（在雷达屏幕上）显示（飞机，车辆）
Example sentencesExamples
- After being airborne for a half-hour, we painted a few contacts about 70 miles north.
- On August 15, the boat was on a routine patrol when its radar painted a vessel at about 12 nm.

Phrases

like watching paint dry

(of an activity or experience) extremely boring.
（活动，经历）极端乏味
Example sentencesExamples
- If you don't know what's going on it must be like watching paint dry.
- So shorter games won't happen even though watching some games today is like watching paint dry.
- Some journalists told me it was like watching paint dry because it was just endless back and forth in which neither side really seemed to want to deal in the end.
- It really is a splendid tearjerker, though some may find it a wee bit like watching paint dry (alternate title: How Slow Moving Was My Screenplay).
- Sometimes it's boring, it's like watching paint dry.
- The inquiry had lasted a fortnight before summing-up day, and like all such procedures, it must have been like watching paint dry at times.
- He throws breaking balls at three different speeds: Slow, slower and like watching paint dry.
- Miserable weather, nothing happening apparently, short days, long nights, it's like a sort of void, waiting expectantly, like watching paint dry, suddenly the whole world goes mad for a few days.
- They didn't want to touch it, man, it's boring, it's like watching paint dry, it's like watching grass grow.
- The kind of secondary legislation that we have powers over, that we debate on a typical Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon, is like watching paint dry.

paint a picture of

Describe (someone or something) in a particular way.
the president painted a grim picture of life in the next century
Example sentencesExamples
- I think what she's trying to do is paint a picture of him more of a liberal.
- The prosecution is really going all out to try to paint a picture of what his personality is all about.
- The survey, fielded in August 2004, paints a picture of plugged-in political information gatherers.
- He doesn't criticize the definitions, he chooses instead to try to paint a picture of extremism where there isn't any.
- She routinely vastly inflates her statistics in order to paint a picture of ordinary families increasingly squeezed by circumstances beyond their control.
- The latest national intelligence estimate paints a picture of a country hanging in the balance.
- Oh, how we liked to paint a picture of being " under the thumb of big business ".
- Over the course of 50 scathing pages he painted a picture of an authority where abuse of the public purse was endemic.
- An article in the March 16 issue of the San Jose Mercury News begins to paint a picture of what California consumers will face.
- The fun part was being able to paint a picture of my entire career through the eyes of others.
Synonyms
tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up

paint oneself into a corner

Leave oneself no means of escape or room to maneuver.
使自己陷入困境
Example sentencesExamples
- Matt Pike found himself painted into the opposite corner about ten years later.
- So I think they've kind of painted themselves into a corner here, and we're working with them to help get them out of that corner.
- As many of us have long suspected, the mandarins have painted themselves into a corner and just hoped that the problem would go away.
- The result is that the distillers have painted themselves into a corner, albeit for the moment a profitable one.
- We'd painted ourselves into a corner where we were limited by having to play new releases and I wouldn't have carried on doing radio if I was limited by that.
- So the administration has done a pretty good job of painting itself into a corner where it has to act - and soon.
- For all the exhilarating invention in these three books, however, there is also the sense of an author painting himself into a corner.
- Beevor painted himself into a corner by marketing this book as a spy story.
- We were not going to get painted into a corner with nowhere to go.
- He's not sure he still holds true to that belief, but he likes making records - and, with some pundits arguing dance has painted itself into a corner, he's keen to prove them wrong.

paint the town (red)

informal Go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly.
〈非正式〉大肆寻欢作乐
Example sentencesExamples
- We were simply there to paint the town red by way of celebration for Stuart's birthday.
- Let's have a session, let's be boisterous, let's paint the town red.
- Once in a while, someone from up North comes to town, and paints the town red.
- Two Swindon car sprayers will be painting the town red after winning a share of £315,000 on the National Lottery.
- In the night enjoy cozy meal in the comforts of your vacation rental home or paint the town red with a visit to any one of the fine dining restaurants.
- Raise the roof and paint the town red, there's cause for celebration.
- Given an opportunity, they just might break free and paint the town red.
- So, when the opportunity came up to paint the town red last night with Simon and a couple of friends (Stacey and Heather) I just couldn't say no!
- Whether you're painting the town red or going to a black tie affair, start the New Year with the utmost style.
- She added that I should look out for her in London, and when she got there we could paint the town red.
Synonyms
celebrate, carouse, enjoy oneself, make merry, have a good time, have a wild time, party, have a party

Origin

Middle English: from peint ‘painted’, past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’.

单词	paint
释义	Definition of paint in English: paint noun peɪntpeɪnt 1mass noun A coloured substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating. 油漆；涂料 a tin of paint 一罐油漆。 count noun bituminous paints 含沥青的涂料。 Example sentencesExamples Watered-down paint soaks into the porous concrete so it won't flake or peel like surface paint does. The top ones were drawn on cartridge paper and then painted in watercolour using sepia colour paint, and the bottom ones were painted straight onto watercolour paper using light red. A zinc rich paint coating protects the interior of the pipe. The door was metal with no handle, and painted with white paint now flaking off. The only function of plaster on walls and ceilings, unless it is itself elaborately decorative, is to serve as a smooth surface on which to place decorative paper or paint. In order to cut down on the cost of paint, consider mixing sample pots of colours with white paint. For the third coat, which you will sponge onto the wall, you can pick either a colour glaze paint or a ready-made colour wash. Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water. He is fond of thin paint and frequently layers a dark blue or black wash over phosphorescent pastel hues. A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint. Carpenters were now putting a fresh coating of paint on the house, making it look almost as though it had just been built. That is why I deliberately allow early coatings of paint to show through as I continually build color. Finally, rub down the wood to remove the splinters, give it a thin wash of acrylic paint and brush on the clear preservative. Yet even when, as here, he captures the light with such sensitivity, Cameron does not use paint for its vivid colour, but as a means of expressing tonal change. Look at the picture at top; imagine it on an enormous canvas, in thick paint, colours saturated and glowing. It was later given two coats of paint in appropriate colours. In general, graffiti is removed by using paint in a colour which has the closest match to the actual colour of the tree trunk. No artificial paint or any colouring agent is coated on the surface. A demonstration is given on how to paint using black watercolor or slightly thinned tempera paint. We did test some acrylic paint on tiles and it was just totally unsatisfactory so we chose what, I guess, was the appropriate paint for the surface. Synonyms colouring, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, wash, colour varnish 1.1count noun An act of painting something. 油漆；涂颜料 the house looked in need of a good paint 它看起来要好好油漆一下了。 Example sentencesExamples The walls needed a fresh paint, the floor needed vacuuming, and when was the last time I had dusted? Jaipur's date with the pink color goes back to 1905-06, when Jaipur city was getting ready to greet the Prince of Wales and needed a fresh paint all over. 1.2informal Cosmetic make-up. 〈非正式〉化妆，涂脂抹粉 one has false curls, another too much paint 一个戴着假卷发，另一个妆化得太浓。 Example sentencesExamples Her hair was done up in glossy curls and her face bore paint used for makeup. Quickly and efficiently the men applied face paint to each other. But what keeps me going is the thought of applying party make-up, because I love to play with paint. That was the first night Lewanna felt truly beautiful, with the powder and paint on her face, the ability to become someone else disguising all her flaws. "Come here, " Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby's face. She showed Paul the results - a once white Kleenex covered with layers of pale colored foundation and white paint. If anti-Rococo critics claimed oil paint was too much like cosmetic paint, social critics held that the reverse was true. ‘Oh, Isis,’ I muttered, grabbing a wet cloth and starting to scrub my face of the overdone kohl and paint. He looked bizarre in a Rasta wig, a multi-coloured hat, a Caribbean-style shirt and brown make-up paint daubed over his face. And her make-up was simple with red paint for her lips; light redness for her cheeks. His paint was lipstick, blush, mascara; his canvas, the most celebrated faces in the world. Why is it that he is not donning the grease paint too often these days? Synonyms cosmetics, greasepaint 1.3Computing The function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint. 〔计算机〕（尤指模拟真画效果的）绘图功能 as modifier a paint program Example sentencesExamples Photoshop has long been a leader among graphics manipulation and paint software. I have jotted down a few of the basic features one could expect to find in a computer photo paint type program. Upgrade your ability to edit images with this free paint program. If the artwork isn't perfect, I fire up my paint program and make adjustments myself. In paint programs, by contrast, he can only add previously created images to the surfaces, which is not as effective. 2North American A piebald horse. 〈北美〉花马，杂色马 as modifier a paint mare Example sentencesExamples I turned around in enough time to see Bey trot around a bend on his black Friesian, leading a black paint mare I've dubbed Kionee. Tommie is a second-generation horse trainer, raised on a paint horse ranch in California. Miko Smitheson was walking his paint mare on a long rein out of the arena when I got there, the pair of them looking hot and tired. The mare was a brown and white spotted horse or known as a paint. He looked up to Sadie, who was leading a brown paint horse toward them. Malichi, on his paint stallion, Splash, led the way with Jade, on Cotton, close behind. Misty saw them first, Tracey and Madison on the back of his paint pony. The program was successful at Paint of a Different Color the first year and Al ended up with a beautiful homozygous filly and a palomino paint colt. He looked around for a moment seeing his paint horse dancer on the other side pasture. Although I'm going to the paint horse show in the morning there was nothing today to bounce me out early. Usually such markings were only found on paints, and yet he was a simple quarter horse. Solana rode a paint mare that stood about fifteen and a half hands high; large black spots covered a cream body. The paint mare slowed to an energetic trot, the rain making her giddy with a natural high. A beautiful paint mare was stretched on her side in the middle of labor. Larry and Sue travel the country showing their own paint stock as well as horses Larry is training for reining and cow horse competitions. I slowed my pace so as to not disrupt the sleepy horses, but I did not waste time while making my way toward the stall Yahora shared with an old paint mare. Less than a mile behind, the beam of light washed over another man; a man trotting alongside a paint horse. Kris had been trying out barrel racing, so she lugged the heavy western saddle and the square saddle pad over to the paint horse. 3Basketball in singular The rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court. 〔篮球〕三秒区 the two players jostled in the paint 两名球员在三秒区争夺。 Example sentencesExamples They do a good job defensively of matching up again with their zone, contesting us when we're driving in the paint against the seven-footers. Whatever the reason, Thompson has been fortunate to avoid being trapped in the paint all the time, a fact that has greatly enhanced his game. It used to be a quick team, with small but tough players in the paint, good (but not great) shooters, and clever point guards. With Baylor and Chamberlain down in the paint, Counts was free to play away from the basket and use his great outside touch. He has quick feet and enough moves to get three or four baskets in the paint. verb peɪntpeɪnt [with object] 1Cover the surface of (something) with paint. 用油漆（或涂料）覆盖 with object and complement the ceiling was painted dark grey Example sentencesExamples Here the walls have been plastered in a textured way and the room is painted dark red. The brightly painted yellow walls, together with tea lights atop dark wooden tables, give the place a warm feeling. The walls were painted a dark blue with gold lining on the ceiling and floor. The brightly painted front door from an age gone by gleams in the morning Sun. Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab. Young's Airframe Repair did the skins and when a new set was completed, Mike would prime and paint the skins so that they would be ready for installation. The keys themselves are formed from translucent plastic and then painted to match the PowerBook's aluminium shell. The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets. With freshly painted nails and jewelry to match, she carries an additional accessory item that speaks for itself. These parts are being anodized or plated, and will be painted or powder-coated prior to assembly. Back down toward the river, in contrast to the splendor of much of the Castle complex, Golden Lane is formed by numerous brightly painted shoe-box sized peasant houses. The roof was made from sand paper cut and painted to resemble slates. Today hundreds of brightly painted gondolas line the canalside and can be hired out by the hour or half-hour. Think of a plaster ceiling, painted a sky blue, perhaps with puffy clouds skipping across it. Two panels of the shelving are painted a dark brick red to give accent, and three others are in beech plywood for the same reason. Jared was spray painting one of the walls that was surprisingly still bare. Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun. Similarly, painting the ceiling a darker color than the walls tends to create a more intimate feeling. It was noted that the railings of the Clodiagh Bridge had been freshly painted and that the river name signs looked well. The popular effect of splashbacks is achieved when one side of a glass panel is painted then adhered to surfaces either behind cooktops, or as a feature panel in a bathroom. Synonyms colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, distemper, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover daub, smear, plaster, spray, spray-paint, airbrush 1.1 Apply cosmetics to (the skin) 给（脸，皮肤）化妆 she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted 她的年纪不会超过14岁，可脸上却化着浓妆。 Example sentencesExamples Next was the easy part, or so I thought - sitting in a chair for a few hours, doing nothing but having my skin painted. Her eyes were painted with dark kohl, hair brighter than Bridget's was, lips plump, face broad and distinctive. Cage is tall and skinny enough, and since Morpheus is simply inscrutable, you could just paint Cage white and let the makeup do the acting. Hip, sophisticated and painted with Japanese cosmetics, the heroines move slickly through a life of nightclubbing, jet planes and media parties. Lace reluctantly turned her head up, shimmering blue eyes revealed, luscious lips painted with a pink brush across her face. She was wiping tears from her eyes; then she applied lipstick on a mouth that was painted like a Kidney bean. They had their faces painted white, with different color variations. He'd painted his skin a whole different shade of beige. The work is so meticulous that even their outer ears have to be painted with a tiny brush, which makes it difficult to remove their makeup after a performance. 1.2 Apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush. 给…刷上（液体） Example sentencesExamples All that you need to do is paint the clear liquid dots all over your boat. The film opens with a pre-title sequence that shows a close-up of a brush as it paints a large black spot on a blank canvas. This morning I brushed up against a door that had been recently painted with latex paint (I think). Sgraffiti designs are made by painting an undercoat of plaster, covered by an overcoat of another colour. If one paints dots onto the surface of the balloon and then blows it up, each dot sees all the other dots moving away as if it were the centre of expansion. The name of the ship was painted on its gray surface in diplomatic purple. The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it. Almost anything can be painted these days, including laminate. Be sure to prime or size any newly applied drywall compound before painting or papering. With his free hand, he picked up a small paint brush and resumed painting the concave interior, where a detailed scene of army camp life was almost complete. The building has been painted with lime wash to allow the structure to breathe. Grain can be painted into the wood with a soft No.4 artist's brush and India ink diluted with rubbing alcohol. Can you imagine painting without a brush, sewing without a needle, or writing without a pen? The 2 wound models used for this study were plaster of Paris bases painted to resemble actual wounds. Applied decoration may be painted, engraved or etched. Wood can be painted to look like marble and walls made to look like stone. The medicine comes in either a liquid form that's painted on the skin or as a patch that sticks onto the wart. Picture frames, bought cheaply from a homestore chain such as Ikea, can be painted in white emulsion to give a driftwood look. She cleanses, exfoliates and tones my skin, then paints a soft, warm wax with jojoba onto my face to open pores and soften the sebum. Schwarz had painted its work surface with many layers of orangy brown paint, emphasizing signs of use and damage. 1.3paint something out Obliterate something with paint. 油漆；涂颜料 the markings on the plane were hurriedly painted out 飞机上的标记被匆匆用漆涂掉。 Example sentencesExamples When her husband became convinced that she was being unfaithful, he had her painted out of both portraits. A vandal would have to go out, buy some Liquid Paper and paint the mustache out in order to deface it. He added: ‘I will be more than happy myself to simply turn up one Saturday morning and paint the lines out.’ Oh well it's freedom, you just have these things in your mind and you just sort of paint them out and pick them, and re-do them again. In fact, Hopper had originally included a figure in the upper storey, but later painted it out. So he took his old shoe and painted it out and slapped the new shoe logo on that shoe, trying to see if he could if he could get away with it. Cover a zit with a small pointy brush dipped in concealer and ‘paint it out,’ says Eugenia Weston, makeup artist and founder of Senna Cosmetics boutiques in Southern California. Everything in Ostermeier's production contributes to the play's central revelation: the woman's realisation that ‘I can't paint things out, they're always there.‘ Catherine McGlinchey sees it as a sign that classical republicanism is being slowly painted out of history. He fully grasped the power of omission, saying of one of his landscape paintings: ‘I paint in all these details in order that I may know how to paint them out.’ 2Depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint. I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp 我画了一位坐在台灯边的妇女。 he paints landscapes and portraits Example sentencesExamples Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion. On several occasions, Monet painted the same view covered in a blanket of snow. He admired the truthfulness of landscapes painted by an unschooled artist, who became his first teacher. My best holiday was with Leo, the artist who'd painted me, and his wife Gemma one summer. When the Irish portraitist, Nathaniel Hone painted her in 1765, she was at the height of her popularity. Jan's sense of self-confidence is what makes artists want to paint her, she said. The artist returned to the Arlé sienne in 1958, painting her in the person of Jacqueline, his companion at the time. ‘In these pictures I have painted people who go to Bridge House and being a part of my pictures gives them confidence in their own abilities’. Bailey Doogan paints clouds the way she paints skin. Saskia Van Uylenburgh was the daughter of an impoverished though respected burgomaster and Rembrandt drew and painted her over and over again. Showing their jest for life, some children painted Walt Disney characters on their greetings. The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature. She started with representational works, painting some of the lovely scenes that can be seen from the island, and the colours and styles that abound there. In 1995, he commissioned a Chinese artist to paint him together with his wife, son and daughter. Dietz began painting World War I aviation scenes, but his body of World War II art has made him famous. So, instead of painting the desert or the mountains, I painted hotels covered with lots of lush greenery, using a lovely shade of green called veridian. Synonyms portray, picture, paint a picture of, depict, delineate, draw, sketch, represent, catch (a likeness of) reproduce, illustrate, render 2.1 Give a description of. the city is not as bad as it is painted 该城并不像被描述的那样坏。 Example sentencesExamples The remake of Casino Royale, the first Bond novel, will concentrate instead on the character of the spy, painted by Ian Fleming in the book as a suave, coldly aggressive seducer. Bettman wants certain high-profile owners to be vocal about small markets and paint a doom-and-gloom financial picture. In Bowling Alone, Putnam painted us the picture of American social institutions 30 years in decline. This picture is very similar to the picture of urban ghettos painted by urban sociologists during the last decade. Storey paints a picture short on romance and rainbows and high on mud, sweat, and naked ambition - in short, he describes perfectly the world of professional rugby. The space concerns and planting conditions are probably less than ideal for most, but the pictures paint a different story. Boston is a city that often gets painted by outsiders with a broad brush, much the way Philly does. Extensive use of maps and photographs helped paint a vivid picture of human misery and squalor. The allegations of a partnership, vulnerable as they are for these reasons, are, moreover, only part of the picture painted by the proceedings. The carbon copies left at stations of origin paint a comprehensive picture of small-scale trade along the railway. Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of Cambrian marine life. The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color. The picture that Garrow paints seems a fair one to me, given accounts from some other Supreme Court clerks. Hate speech always uses the racial and cultural characteristics of the victim, who is painted as an abominable, dangerous creature. Though the mystical element is rather missing from his character here, Adès paints Prospero as a wonderfully vengeful mage. And indeed, Elisabetta's plight in Don Carlo is painted with a broad brush. In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture. Without identifying them, paint me some pictures of some of the issues which have come up for you in terms of who ends up with primary care for the child. You might argue that these young writers are painting us a damning portrait of ourselves. Some prisoners refused to be identified, but all painted a similar picture of their treatment. Synonyms tell, recount, narrate, set forth/out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up 2.2Computing Create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program. 〔计算机〕用绘图程序作图 the program enables you to paint images on your screen Example sentencesExamples First, the quality of the phosphors available in the early days was not that great, and the dots would start to fade out before the entire screen could be painted. An aggregate of about 400 gigaflops was needed to paint a semi-realistic image of a compact car on a display screen. Two-dimensional cartoons are no longer created by tracing and painting but assembled on computer screens using software like Director and After Effects. The cordless pen allows you to draw and paint on the screen exactly as you would on paper, giving you the freedom to create original designs on your PC. As the strips of the image painted on the screen, the room of chattering scientists fell quiet. 3Display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen. （在雷达屏幕上）显示（飞机，车辆） flying behind hills lessens the enemy's ability to paint you with radar Example sentencesExamples After being airborne for a half-hour, we painted a few contacts about 70 miles north. On August 15, the boat was on a routine patrol when its radar painted a vessel at about 12 nm. Phrases like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring. （活动，经历）极端乏味 Example sentencesExamples So shorter games won't happen even though watching some games today is like watching paint dry. They didn't want to touch it, man, it's boring, it's like watching paint dry, it's like watching grass grow. The kind of secondary legislation that we have powers over, that we debate on a typical Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon, is like watching paint dry. Sometimes it's boring, it's like watching paint dry. If you don't know what's going on it must be like watching paint dry. Miserable weather, nothing happening apparently, short days, long nights, it's like a sort of void, waiting expectantly, like watching paint dry, suddenly the whole world goes mad for a few days. Some journalists told me it was like watching paint dry because it was just endless back and forth in which neither side really seemed to want to deal in the end. It really is a splendid tearjerker, though some may find it a wee bit like watching paint dry (alternate title: How Slow Moving Was My Screenplay). He throws breaking balls at three different speeds: Slow, slower and like watching paint dry. The inquiry had lasted a fortnight before summing-up day, and like all such procedures, it must have been like watching paint dry at times. paint a picture of Describe (someone or something) in a particular way. the president painted a grim picture of life in the next century Example sentencesExamples Oh, how we liked to paint a picture of being " under the thumb of big business ". She routinely vastly inflates her statistics in order to paint a picture of ordinary families increasingly squeezed by circumstances beyond their control. The fun part was being able to paint a picture of my entire career through the eyes of others. An article in the March 16 issue of the San Jose Mercury News begins to paint a picture of what California consumers will face. He doesn't criticize the definitions, he chooses instead to try to paint a picture of extremism where there isn't any. I think what she's trying to do is paint a picture of him more of a liberal. The survey, fielded in August 2004, paints a picture of plugged-in political information gatherers. Over the course of 50 scathing pages he painted a picture of an authority where abuse of the public purse was endemic. The prosecution is really going all out to try to paint a picture of what his personality is all about. The latest national intelligence estimate paints a picture of a country hanging in the balance. Synonyms tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up paint oneself into a corner Leave oneself no means of escape or room to manoeuvre. 使自己陷入困境 Example sentencesExamples We'd painted ourselves into a corner where we were limited by having to play new releases and I wouldn't have carried on doing radio if I was limited by that. The result is that the distillers have painted themselves into a corner, albeit for the moment a profitable one. So I think they've kind of painted themselves into a corner here, and we're working with them to help get them out of that corner. We were not going to get painted into a corner with nowhere to go. Matt Pike found himself painted into the opposite corner about ten years later. He's not sure he still holds true to that belief, but he likes making records - and, with some pundits arguing dance has painted itself into a corner, he's keen to prove them wrong. So the administration has done a pretty good job of painting itself into a corner where it has to act - and soon. Beevor painted himself into a corner by marketing this book as a spy story. As many of us have long suspected, the mandarins have painted themselves into a corner and just hoped that the problem would go away. For all the exhilarating invention in these three books, however, there is also the sense of an author painting himself into a corner. paint the town red informal Go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly. 〈非正式〉大肆寻欢作乐 you want to have a good time and paint the town red this weekend Example sentencesExamples Raise the roof and paint the town red, there's cause for celebration. Two Swindon car sprayers will be painting the town red after winning a share of £315,000 on the National Lottery. She added that I should look out for her in London, and when she got there we could paint the town red. Once in a while, someone from up North comes to town, and paints the town red. Whether you're painting the town red or going to a black tie affair, start the New Year with the utmost style. Given an opportunity, they just might break free and paint the town red. In the night enjoy cozy meal in the comforts of your vacation rental home or paint the town red with a visit to any one of the fine dining restaurants. So, when the opportunity came up to paint the town red last night with Simon and a couple of friends (Stacey and Heather) I just couldn't say no! We were simply there to paint the town red by way of celebration for Stuart's birthday. Let's have a session, let's be boisterous, let's paint the town red. Synonyms celebrate, carouse, enjoy oneself, make merry, have a good time, have a wild time, party, have a party Phrasal Verbs paint up (in Aboriginal English) decorate the body for ceremonial purposes. the dancers generally help one another to paint up Example sentencesExamples This framework directs the way that each woman will paint up, who will paint her and what kinds of body designs she will wear. The Tjapukai dancers, painted up and in full costume, joined their people in protest demonstrations. They were all painted up and dancing that special dance of the sisters, djirrididi. The oldest generation will tell you how they used to paint up and dance before a great fire. I found myself painted up and on an Aboriginal dance ground, unable to make any sense of the steps required. Derivatives paintable adjective Pine and basswood moldings are usually the least expensive choices for paintable trim. Example sentencesExamples Fill the cracks between the old and new boards (the 1/8-inch cracks left from before) with paintable caulk. After the surface has been thoroughly dried, apply one coat of a paintable water repellent preservative or water repellent to the bare wood, being careful to liberally treat end and lap joints. This is a good plywood for use where one smooth, paintable surface is needed. Apart from the squared off potholes, the view on both sides was magnificently paintable. painty adjective He held out his painty hands as though a cat's cradle was strung up between them. Example sentencesExamples Paint the back and sides of your specimen first, using the colors very thin (use transparent oil paint), so that the fish will not have a "painty" appearance; next put the ground color on the belly and blend it with that of the back and sides. When I got back, the paint was dry, so I got on with the second coat and ended up almost as painty as I had been before I went to the gym. After painting this room, the decorators decided to tip their buckets of painty, murky water down a sink by the wall. A $1 bill and the fragments of a 810 note have been pasted on canvas, covered by a thin scumble of paint, and further manipulated to give it a painty appearance. Origin Middle English: from peint 'painted', past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere 'to paint'. Paint is from Old French peint ‘painted’, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’. To paint the town red dates from the late 19th century. It is first found in the USA which puts in doubt the story that it comes from an occasion in 1837 when Marquis of Waterford and some young friends ran riot in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray and painted some of the buildings red. An alternative interpretation is that revellers were thought of as having such a wild time that they treated the entire town like a red light district. Paint yourself into a corner, from the image of someone painting a floor and forgetting to start near a doorway to avoid crossing the wet paint, arose in the 1970s. Painter (Middle English) goes back to Latin pictor which also gives us picturesque (early 18th century) the spelling changed to fit with picture. Rhymes acquaint, ain't, attaint, complaint, constraint, distraint, faint, feint, plaint, quaint, restraint, saint, taint noun.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of paint in US English: paint nounpeɪntpānt 1A colored substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating. 油漆；涂料 a can of paint 一罐油漆。 the paint has been applied to the surface with a palette knife Example sentencesExamples In general, graffiti is removed by using paint in a colour which has the closest match to the actual colour of the tree trunk. We did test some acrylic paint on tiles and it was just totally unsatisfactory so we chose what, I guess, was the appropriate paint for the surface. In order to cut down on the cost of paint, consider mixing sample pots of colours with white paint. Yet even when, as here, he captures the light with such sensitivity, Cameron does not use paint for its vivid colour, but as a means of expressing tonal change. A demonstration is given on how to paint using black watercolor or slightly thinned tempera paint. A zinc rich paint coating protects the interior of the pipe. No artificial paint or any colouring agent is coated on the surface. Finally, rub down the wood to remove the splinters, give it a thin wash of acrylic paint and brush on the clear preservative. The top ones were drawn on cartridge paper and then painted in watercolour using sepia colour paint, and the bottom ones were painted straight onto watercolour paper using light red. That is why I deliberately allow early coatings of paint to show through as I continually build color. He is fond of thin paint and frequently layers a dark blue or black wash over phosphorescent pastel hues. A car comes rattling down the street, thick smoke pouring out the back, every door a different colour of blistered paint. The only function of plaster on walls and ceilings, unless it is itself elaborately decorative, is to serve as a smooth surface on which to place decorative paper or paint. For the third coat, which you will sponge onto the wall, you can pick either a colour glaze paint or a ready-made colour wash. Watered-down paint soaks into the porous concrete so it won't flake or peel like surface paint does. Mix up pots of poster paint, and give your children a pot of paint in each colour, a couple of brushes and a glass of water. Look at the picture at top; imagine it on an enormous canvas, in thick paint, colours saturated and glowing. The door was metal with no handle, and painted with white paint now flaking off. It was later given two coats of paint in appropriate colours. Carpenters were now putting a fresh coating of paint on the house, making it look almost as though it had just been built. Synonyms colouring, colourant, tint, dye, stain, pigment, wash, colour 1.1 An act of covering something with paint. 油漆；涂颜料 it looked in need of a good paint 它看起来要好好油漆一下了。 Example sentencesExamples Jaipur's date with the pink color goes back to 1905-06, when Jaipur city was getting ready to greet the Prince of Wales and needed a fresh paint all over. The walls needed a fresh paint, the floor needed vacuuming, and when was the last time I had dusted? 1.2informal Cosmetic makeup. 〈非正式〉化妆，涂脂抹粉 one has false curls, another too much paint 一个戴着假卷发，另一个妆化得太浓。 Example sentencesExamples He looked bizarre in a Rasta wig, a multi-coloured hat, a Caribbean-style shirt and brown make-up paint daubed over his face. But what keeps me going is the thought of applying party make-up, because I love to play with paint. That was the first night Lewanna felt truly beautiful, with the powder and paint on her face, the ability to become someone else disguising all her flaws. "Come here, " Mum said and smeared white face paint all over Abby's face. ‘Oh, Isis,’ I muttered, grabbing a wet cloth and starting to scrub my face of the overdone kohl and paint. And her make-up was simple with red paint for her lips; light redness for her cheeks. Why is it that he is not donning the grease paint too often these days? His paint was lipstick, blush, mascara; his canvas, the most celebrated faces in the world. Quickly and efficiently the men applied face paint to each other. If anti-Rococo critics claimed oil paint was too much like cosmetic paint, social critics held that the reverse was true. She showed Paul the results - a once white Kleenex covered with layers of pale colored foundation and white paint. Her hair was done up in glossy curls and her face bore paint used for makeup. Synonyms cosmetics, greasepaint 1.3Computing The function or capability of producing graphics, especially those that mimic the effect of real paint. 〔计算机〕（尤指模拟真画效果的）绘图功能 as modifier a paint program Example sentencesExamples Photoshop has long been a leader among graphics manipulation and paint software. In paint programs, by contrast, he can only add previously created images to the surfaces, which is not as effective. If the artwork isn't perfect, I fire up my paint program and make adjustments myself. I have jotted down a few of the basic features one could expect to find in a computer photo paint type program. Upgrade your ability to edit images with this free paint program. 2North American A piebald horse. 〈北美〉花马，杂色马 as modifier a paint mare Example sentencesExamples Larry and Sue travel the country showing their own paint stock as well as horses Larry is training for reining and cow horse competitions. Less than a mile behind, the beam of light washed over another man; a man trotting alongside a paint horse. The paint mare slowed to an energetic trot, the rain making her giddy with a natural high. Miko Smitheson was walking his paint mare on a long rein out of the arena when I got there, the pair of them looking hot and tired. The program was successful at Paint of a Different Color the first year and Al ended up with a beautiful homozygous filly and a palomino paint colt. Misty saw them first, Tracey and Madison on the back of his paint pony. Solana rode a paint mare that stood about fifteen and a half hands high; large black spots covered a cream body. He looked around for a moment seeing his paint horse dancer on the other side pasture. The mare was a brown and white spotted horse or known as a paint. I turned around in enough time to see Bey trot around a bend on his black Friesian, leading a black paint mare I've dubbed Kionee. Kris had been trying out barrel racing, so she lugged the heavy western saddle and the square saddle pad over to the paint horse. Tommie is a second-generation horse trainer, raised on a paint horse ranch in California. Although I'm going to the paint horse show in the morning there was nothing today to bounce me out early. Malichi, on his paint stallion, Splash, led the way with Jade, on Cotton, close behind. Usually such markings were only found on paints, and yet he was a simple quarter horse. A beautiful paint mare was stretched on her side in the middle of labor. I slowed my pace so as to not disrupt the sleepy horses, but I did not waste time while making my way toward the stall Yahora shared with an old paint mare. He looked up to Sadie, who was leading a brown paint horse toward them. 3Basketball The rectangular area marked near the basket at each end of the court; the foul lane. 〔篮球〕三秒区 the two players jostled in the paint 两名球员在三秒区争夺。 Example sentencesExamples They do a good job defensively of matching up again with their zone, contesting us when we're driving in the paint against the seven-footers. Whatever the reason, Thompson has been fortunate to avoid being trapped in the paint all the time, a fact that has greatly enhanced his game. He has quick feet and enough moves to get three or four baskets in the paint. It used to be a quick team, with small but tough players in the paint, good (but not great) shooters, and clever point guards. With Baylor and Chamberlain down in the paint, Counts was free to play away from the basket and use his great outside touch. verbpeɪntpānt [with object] 1Cover the surface of (something) with paint, as decoration or protection. 油漆；涂饰 with object and complement the ceiling was painted dark gray the walls hadn't been painted for years Example sentencesExamples Rockets of early manufacture are painted battleship gray or dark green; later rockets are olive drab. Similarly, painting the ceiling a darker color than the walls tends to create a more intimate feeling. Here the walls have been plastered in a textured way and the room is painted dark red. Two panels of the shelving are painted a dark brick red to give accent, and three others are in beech plywood for the same reason. It was noted that the railings of the Clodiagh Bridge had been freshly painted and that the river name signs looked well. Think of a plaster ceiling, painted a sky blue, perhaps with puffy clouds skipping across it. These parts are being anodized or plated, and will be painted or powder-coated prior to assembly. Back down toward the river, in contrast to the splendor of much of the Castle complex, Golden Lane is formed by numerous brightly painted shoe-box sized peasant houses. The popular effect of splashbacks is achieved when one side of a glass panel is painted then adhered to surfaces either behind cooktops, or as a feature panel in a bathroom. With freshly painted nails and jewelry to match, she carries an additional accessory item that speaks for itself. The keys themselves are formed from translucent plastic and then painted to match the PowerBook's aluminium shell. Jared was spray painting one of the walls that was surprisingly still bare. The walls were painted a dark blue with gold lining on the ceiling and floor. The roof was made from sand paper cut and painted to resemble slates. Young's Airframe Repair did the skins and when a new set was completed, Mike would prime and paint the skins so that they would be ready for installation. The brightly painted front door from an age gone by gleams in the morning Sun. The new refrigerator and dishwasher were disguised with wood fronts painted to match the cabinets. Far down the line of brightly painted longboats I saw a fisherman who owned just one net, which he had draped on a tepee of bamboo stalks to dry in the sun. The brightly painted yellow walls, together with tea lights atop dark wooden tables, give the place a warm feeling. Today hundreds of brightly painted gondolas line the canalside and can be hired out by the hour or half-hour. Synonyms colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, distemper, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover daub, smear, plaster, spray, spray-paint, airbrush 1.1 Apply cosmetics to (the face or skin) 给（脸，皮肤）化妆 she couldn't have been more than fourteen but her face was thickly painted 她的年纪不会超过14岁，可脸上却化着浓妆。 Example sentencesExamples Lace reluctantly turned her head up, shimmering blue eyes revealed, luscious lips painted with a pink brush across her face. Hip, sophisticated and painted with Japanese cosmetics, the heroines move slickly through a life of nightclubbing, jet planes and media parties. They had their faces painted white, with different color variations. He'd painted his skin a whole different shade of beige. Cage is tall and skinny enough, and since Morpheus is simply inscrutable, you could just paint Cage white and let the makeup do the acting. Her eyes were painted with dark kohl, hair brighter than Bridget's was, lips plump, face broad and distinctive. She was wiping tears from her eyes; then she applied lipstick on a mouth that was painted like a Kidney bean. Next was the easy part, or so I thought - sitting in a chair for a few hours, doing nothing but having my skin painted. The work is so meticulous that even their outer ears have to be painted with a tiny brush, which makes it difficult to remove their makeup after a performance. 1.2 Apply (a liquid) to a surface with a brush. 给…刷上（液体） Example sentencesExamples The film opens with a pre-title sequence that shows a close-up of a brush as it paints a large black spot on a blank canvas. Can you imagine painting without a brush, sewing without a needle, or writing without a pen? Almost anything can be painted these days, including laminate. Sgraffiti designs are made by painting an undercoat of plaster, covered by an overcoat of another colour. Wood can be painted to look like marble and walls made to look like stone. With his free hand, he picked up a small paint brush and resumed painting the concave interior, where a detailed scene of army camp life was almost complete. Be sure to prime or size any newly applied drywall compound before painting or papering. The building has been painted with lime wash to allow the structure to breathe. Picture frames, bought cheaply from a homestore chain such as Ikea, can be painted in white emulsion to give a driftwood look. All that you need to do is paint the clear liquid dots all over your boat. The actual wall of the gallery has been painted on one side with an old fashioned design roller, this gives it a yellow lacy feel to it. Schwarz had painted its work surface with many layers of orangy brown paint, emphasizing signs of use and damage. Grain can be painted into the wood with a soft No.4 artist's brush and India ink diluted with rubbing alcohol. The medicine comes in either a liquid form that's painted on the skin or as a patch that sticks onto the wart. If one paints dots onto the surface of the balloon and then blows it up, each dot sees all the other dots moving away as if it were the centre of expansion. The name of the ship was painted on its gray surface in diplomatic purple. This morning I brushed up against a door that had been recently painted with latex paint (I think). The 2 wound models used for this study were plaster of Paris bases painted to resemble actual wounds. She cleanses, exfoliates and tones my skin, then paints a soft, warm wax with jojoba onto my face to open pores and soften the sebum. Applied decoration may be painted, engraved or etched. 1.3paint something out Efface something with paint. 油漆；涂颜料 the markings on the plane were hurriedly painted out 飞机上的标记被匆匆用漆涂掉。 Example sentencesExamples Oh well it's freedom, you just have these things in your mind and you just sort of paint them out and pick them, and re-do them again. Catherine McGlinchey sees it as a sign that classical republicanism is being slowly painted out of history. Cover a zit with a small pointy brush dipped in concealer and ‘paint it out,’ says Eugenia Weston, makeup artist and founder of Senna Cosmetics boutiques in Southern California. Everything in Ostermeier's production contributes to the play's central revelation: the woman's realisation that ‘I can't paint things out, they're always there.‘ In fact, Hopper had originally included a figure in the upper storey, but later painted it out. He fully grasped the power of omission, saying of one of his landscape paintings: ‘I paint in all these details in order that I may know how to paint them out.’ When her husband became convinced that she was being unfaithful, he had her painted out of both portraits. He added: ‘I will be more than happy myself to simply turn up one Saturday morning and paint the lines out.’ A vandal would have to go out, buy some Liquid Paper and paint the mustache out in order to deface it. So he took his old shoe and painted it out and slapped the new shoe logo on that shoe, trying to see if he could if he could get away with it. 2Depict (someone or something) or produce (a picture) with paint. I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp 我画了一位坐在台灯边的妇女。 Marr is a self-taught artist who paints portraits 玛尔是自学成才的肖像画家。 Example sentencesExamples Showing their jest for life, some children painted Walt Disney characters on their greetings. She started with representational works, painting some of the lovely scenes that can be seen from the island, and the colours and styles that abound there. ‘In these pictures I have painted people who go to Bridge House and being a part of my pictures gives them confidence in their own abilities’. The Impressionists insisted they wanted to paint directly what they saw in nature. Bailey Doogan paints clouds the way she paints skin. Dietz began painting World War I aviation scenes, but his body of World War II art has made him famous. The artist returned to the Arlé sienne in 1958, painting her in the person of Jacqueline, his companion at the time. When the Irish portraitist, Nathaniel Hone painted her in 1765, she was at the height of her popularity. Saskia Van Uylenburgh was the daughter of an impoverished though respected burgomaster and Rembrandt drew and painted her over and over again. My best holiday was with Leo, the artist who'd painted me, and his wife Gemma one summer. Icons were painted by faithful painters - usually monks - in monastic seclusion. So, instead of painting the desert or the mountains, I painted hotels covered with lots of lush greenery, using a lovely shade of green called veridian. On several occasions, Monet painted the same view covered in a blanket of snow. Jan's sense of self-confidence is what makes artists want to paint her, she said. He admired the truthfulness of landscapes painted by an unschooled artist, who became his first teacher. In 1995, he commissioned a Chinese artist to paint him together with his wife, son and daughter. Synonyms portray, picture, paint a picture of, depict, delineate, draw, sketch, represent, catch, catch a likeness of 2.1 Give a description of (someone or something) 描绘；描述 I'm painted as some nut case living in the woods Example sentencesExamples In the Seattle Times, meanwhile, sportswriter Percy Allen paints a different money picture. You might argue that these young writers are painting us a damning portrait of ourselves. In Bowling Alone, Putnam painted us the picture of American social institutions 30 years in decline. Though the mystical element is rather missing from his character here, Adès paints Prospero as a wonderfully vengeful mage. Hate speech always uses the racial and cultural characteristics of the victim, who is painted as an abominable, dangerous creature. The picture that Garrow paints seems a fair one to me, given accounts from some other Supreme Court clerks. Thousands of soft-bodied animal fossils paint us a picture of Cambrian marine life. This picture is very similar to the picture of urban ghettos painted by urban sociologists during the last decade. And indeed, Elisabetta's plight in Don Carlo is painted with a broad brush. Some prisoners refused to be identified, but all painted a similar picture of their treatment. Storey paints a picture short on romance and rainbows and high on mud, sweat, and naked ambition - in short, he describes perfectly the world of professional rugby. The allegations of a partnership, vulnerable as they are for these reasons, are, moreover, only part of the picture painted by the proceedings. The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color. The space concerns and planting conditions are probably less than ideal for most, but the pictures paint a different story. The remake of Casino Royale, the first Bond novel, will concentrate instead on the character of the spy, painted by Ian Fleming in the book as a suave, coldly aggressive seducer. Without identifying them, paint me some pictures of some of the issues which have come up for you in terms of who ends up with primary care for the child. The carbon copies left at stations of origin paint a comprehensive picture of small-scale trade along the railway. Bettman wants certain high-profile owners to be vocal about small markets and paint a doom-and-gloom financial picture. Extensive use of maps and photographs helped paint a vivid picture of human misery and squalor. Boston is a city that often gets painted by outsiders with a broad brush, much the way Philly does. Synonyms tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up 2.2Computing Create (a graphic or screen display) using a paint program. 〔计算机〕用绘图程序作图 Example sentencesExamples As the strips of the image painted on the screen, the room of chattering scientists fell quiet. First, the quality of the phosphors available in the early days was not that great, and the dots would start to fade out before the entire screen could be painted. The cordless pen allows you to draw and paint on the screen exactly as you would on paper, giving you the freedom to create original designs on your PC. An aggregate of about 400 gigaflops was needed to paint a semi-realistic image of a compact car on a display screen. Two-dimensional cartoons are no longer created by tracing and painting but assembled on computer screens using software like Director and After Effects. 3Display a mark representing (an aircraft or vehicle) on a radar screen. （在雷达屏幕上）显示（飞机，车辆） Example sentencesExamples After being airborne for a half-hour, we painted a few contacts about 70 miles north. On August 15, the boat was on a routine patrol when its radar painted a vessel at about 12 nm. Phrases like watching paint dry (of an activity or experience) extremely boring. （活动，经历）极端乏味 Example sentencesExamples If you don't know what's going on it must be like watching paint dry. So shorter games won't happen even though watching some games today is like watching paint dry. Some journalists told me it was like watching paint dry because it was just endless back and forth in which neither side really seemed to want to deal in the end. It really is a splendid tearjerker, though some may find it a wee bit like watching paint dry (alternate title: How Slow Moving Was My Screenplay). Sometimes it's boring, it's like watching paint dry. The inquiry had lasted a fortnight before summing-up day, and like all such procedures, it must have been like watching paint dry at times. He throws breaking balls at three different speeds: Slow, slower and like watching paint dry. Miserable weather, nothing happening apparently, short days, long nights, it's like a sort of void, waiting expectantly, like watching paint dry, suddenly the whole world goes mad for a few days. They didn't want to touch it, man, it's boring, it's like watching paint dry, it's like watching grass grow. The kind of secondary legislation that we have powers over, that we debate on a typical Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon, is like watching paint dry. paint a picture of Describe (someone or something) in a particular way. the president painted a grim picture of life in the next century Example sentencesExamples I think what she's trying to do is paint a picture of him more of a liberal. The prosecution is really going all out to try to paint a picture of what his personality is all about. The survey, fielded in August 2004, paints a picture of plugged-in political information gatherers. He doesn't criticize the definitions, he chooses instead to try to paint a picture of extremism where there isn't any. She routinely vastly inflates her statistics in order to paint a picture of ordinary families increasingly squeezed by circumstances beyond their control. The latest national intelligence estimate paints a picture of a country hanging in the balance. Oh, how we liked to paint a picture of being " under the thumb of big business ". Over the course of 50 scathing pages he painted a picture of an authority where abuse of the public purse was endemic. An article in the March 16 issue of the San Jose Mercury News begins to paint a picture of what California consumers will face. The fun part was being able to paint a picture of my entire career through the eyes of others. Synonyms tell, recount, narrate, set forth, set out, outline, sketch, detail, unfold, describe, depict, characterize, evoke, conjure up paint oneself into a corner Leave oneself no means of escape or room to maneuver. 使自己陷入困境 Example sentencesExamples Matt Pike found himself painted into the opposite corner about ten years later. So I think they've kind of painted themselves into a corner here, and we're working with them to help get them out of that corner. As many of us have long suspected, the mandarins have painted themselves into a corner and just hoped that the problem would go away. The result is that the distillers have painted themselves into a corner, albeit for the moment a profitable one. We'd painted ourselves into a corner where we were limited by having to play new releases and I wouldn't have carried on doing radio if I was limited by that. So the administration has done a pretty good job of painting itself into a corner where it has to act - and soon. For all the exhilarating invention in these three books, however, there is also the sense of an author painting himself into a corner. Beevor painted himself into a corner by marketing this book as a spy story. We were not going to get painted into a corner with nowhere to go. He's not sure he still holds true to that belief, but he likes making records - and, with some pundits arguing dance has painted itself into a corner, he's keen to prove them wrong. paint the town (red) informal Go out and enjoy oneself flamboyantly. 〈非正式〉大肆寻欢作乐 Example sentencesExamples We were simply there to paint the town red by way of celebration for Stuart's birthday. Let's have a session, let's be boisterous, let's paint the town red. Once in a while, someone from up North comes to town, and paints the town red. Two Swindon car sprayers will be painting the town red after winning a share of £315,000 on the National Lottery. In the night enjoy cozy meal in the comforts of your vacation rental home or paint the town red with a visit to any one of the fine dining restaurants. Raise the roof and paint the town red, there's cause for celebration. Given an opportunity, they just might break free and paint the town red. So, when the opportunity came up to paint the town red last night with Simon and a couple of friends (Stacey and Heather) I just couldn't say no! Whether you're painting the town red or going to a black tie affair, start the New Year with the utmost style. She added that I should look out for her in London, and when she got there we could paint the town red. Synonyms celebrate, carouse, enjoy oneself, make merry, have a good time, have a wild time, party, have a party Origin Middle English: from peint ‘painted’, past participle of Old French peindre, from Latin pingere ‘to paint’. noun.1 phr.
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