paint
n. 油漆; 涂层; 绘画颜料
v. 给…上油漆; (用颜料)绘画; 涂,抹; 描绘
Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.
...a pot of red paint...
一罐红漆
They saw some large letters in white paint.
他们看见了用白漆写的几个大大的字母。
On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.
The paint was peeling on the window frames...
窗框上的油漆在剥落。
They'll probably scrape the paint off and make it look like a regular patrol car.
他们可能会将油漆刮掉,使它看起来像一部普通的巡逻警车。
If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.
They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls...
他们开始修补木建部分,粉刷墙壁。
I made a guitar and painted it red.
我做了一把吉他,并把它漆成了红色。
If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.
He is painting a huge volcano...
他正在画一座巨大的火山。
Why do people paint pictures?...
人们为什么画画?
When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.
...a machine for painting white lines down roads...
用漆在马路上划白线的机器
They went around painting rude slogans on cars...
他们到处在汽车上涂写粗鲁的标语。
If a woman paints her lips or nails, she puts a coloured cosmetic on them.
She propped the mirror against her handbag and began to paint her lips...
她把镜子靠在手包上支好,开始涂口红。
She painted her fingernails bright red.
她把指甲涂成了亮红色。
If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.
The report paints a grim picture of life there...
那则报道把那里的生活描绘得很凄惨。
He went on to paint a rosy picture about how much has already been accomplished.
他继续描绘着已经取得多大成就的美好画卷。
1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court;
3. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
1. make a painting;
2. apply paint to; coat with paint;
3. make a painting of;
4. apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
colour, dye, paint, stain
这些动词均有"着色,染"之意。
like watching paint dry
(活动,经历)极端乏味
paint oneself into a corner
使自己陷入困境
paint the town red
(非正式)大肆寻欢作乐
paint the town red&I{【俚语】}
酒宴,狂欢
A coat of paint will freshen this room up.
刷一层油漆会使房间焕然一新.
This paint will adhere to any surface, whether rough or smooth.
这种油漆能附着于任何粗糙或光滑的表面.
The front of the house had been sprayed with white paint.
房子的正面已喷上了白漆.
He slapped the paint thickly on the wall.
他把油漆厚厚地涂在墙上.
The paint was daubed on inartistically.
那颜料乱涂在上面,毫无艺术性.