新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

paint

英  [peɪnt]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • paints

    1[C, U 有变体名词] 油漆 , 涂料

    Paint is a coloured liquid that you put onto a surface with a brush in order to protect the surface or to make it look nice, or that you use to produce a picture.

    双语例句

    例:

    a can of red paint.

    一罐红色油漆。

    例:

    They saw some large letters in white paint.

    他们看见了几个用白漆写的大大的字母。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 油漆层 , 涂层

    On a wall or object, the paint is the covering of dried paint on it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The paint was peeling on the window frames.

    窗框上的油漆正在剥落。

    VERB. 动词
  • paints , painting , painted

    1[I 不及物动词] 给…刷油漆 , 给…刷涂料

    If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint.

    双语例句

    例:

    They started to mend the woodwork and paint the walls.

    他们开始修理木建部分并粉刷墙壁。

    例:

    I had come here to paint.

    我到这儿来是刷漆的。

    2[T 及物动词] (用颜料)绘画

    If you paint something or paint a picture of it, you produce a picture of it using paint.

    双语例句

    例:

    He is painting a huge volcano.

    他正在画一座巨型火山。

    例:

    Why do people paint pictures?

    为什么人们要画画?

    3[T 及物动词] (用油漆、颜料)画或写

    When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint.

    双语例句

    例:

    a machine for painting white lines on roads.

    一台用来在马路上画白线的机器。

    例:

    They went around painting rude slogans on cars.

    他们到处用颜料在轿车上写粗鲁的标语。

    4[T 及物动词] 把…描绘成

    If you paint a grim or vivid picture of something, you give a description of it that is grim or vivid.

    双语例句

    例:

    The report paints a grim picture of life there.

    该报道把那里的生活描绘成一副阴森的画面。