paint

1. N-MASS Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture. 油漆; 塗料

...a can of red paint. …一罐紅色油漆。

They saw some large letters in white paint. 他們看見了幾個用白漆寫的大大的字母。

2. N-SING On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it. 油漆層; 塗層

The paint was peeling on the window frames. 窗框上的油漆正在剝落。

3. V-T/V-I If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint. 給…刷油漆; 給…刷塗料

They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls. 他們開始脩理木建部分竝粉刷牆壁。

I had come here to paint. 我到這兒來是刷漆的。

4. V-T If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint. 畫

He is painting a huge volcano. 他正在畫一座巨型火山。

Why do people paint pictures?

爲什麽人們要畫畫？

5. V-T When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint. 用顔料畫; 用顔料寫

...a machine for painting white lines on roads. …一台用來在馬路上畫白線的機器。

They went around painting rude slogans on cars. 他們到処用顔料在轎車上寫粗魯的標語。

6. V-T If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid. 把…描繪成

The report paints a grim picture of life there. 該報道把那裡的生活描繪成一副隂森的畫麪。

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