daub
verb/dɔːb/
/dɔːb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they daub | /dɔːb/ /dɔːb/ |
| he / she / it daubs | /dɔːbz/ /dɔːbz/ |
| past simple daubed | /dɔːbd/ /dɔːbd/ |
| past participle daubed | /dɔːbd/ /dɔːbd/ |
| -ing form daubing | /ˈdɔːbɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːbɪŋ/ |
- to spread a substance such as paint, mud, etc. thickly and/or carelessly onto something
（用颜料、油漆、灰泥等）涂抹，乱涂，乱画 - daub A with B The walls of the building were daubed with red paint.
这栋建筑的墙上随意涂了一层红色涂料。 - All the windows are smashed and the walls are daubed with graffiti.
所有的窗户都被砸碎，墙壁上都涂满了涂鸦。 - daub B on A They used spray paint to daub slogans on the walls.
他们用喷漆把标语涂在墙上。 - daub something + adv./prep. The letters ‘USA’ were daubed across their faces.
他们的脸上涂满了“美国”的字样。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDaub is used with these nouns as the object:- graffiti
- slogan
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’. - daub A with B The walls of the building were daubed with red paint.