paint[peint]

• n.
  • 颜料；涂料
  • 绘画作品
  • 干块颜料
  • 油漆；漆皮
  • 口红；胭脂等化妆品
  • (演员演出时用的)油彩
  • 色彩；装饰；修饰
  • [主美国西部英语]杂色马，花马
• vt.
  • 涂色于；油漆；涂饰

    to paint the window

    油漆窗户

    The room was painted white,with green shutters.

    屋里漆成白色，而百叶窗则是绿色。

  • 画；绘画：

    paint a landscope from nature

    画一幅风景写生

    He painted four large canvases in two days.

    两天里他画了四幅大油画。

  • (用语言、文字等)描写；描绘：

    to paint a scene

    描写一个场面

    His letters paint a wonderful picture of his life in China.

    他在信里描绘了他在中国的美好生活。

  • 刷(标语等)：

    to paint slogans on the wall

    在墙上刷标语

  • (用油漆、涂料等)修整、装饰、点缀：

    The city has been painted up for the Spring Festival.

    为欢度春节市容已修饰一新。

  • (用油漆、涂料等)涂掉；刷掉；覆盖；掩盖：

    to paint defects

    掩饰过失、错误、文过饰非

  • 搽，敷(药)，搽药于…：

    to paint a wound with ointment (or iodine)

    用软膏(或碘酒)搽伤口

    to paint antiseptic on the cut

    在刀口上搽上抗菌剂

  • 擦脂粉(或化妆品)：

    She painted her lips.

    她涂了口红。

• vi.
  • 油漆；涂漆
  • (用颜料等)绘画：

    to paint in oils (in water colours)

    画油画(或水彩画)

    He painted or read all day.

    他整天作画或读书。

  • 搽粉；涂脂抹粉，化妆
  • [口语]脸红
• 短语:
  • as fresh as (new) paint 精神饱满的，精力充沛的
  • as handsome (或 pretty) as paint 非常漂亮
  • be not so black as one is painted 没有人们所说的那么坏[见black]
  • nose paint [美国俚语]酒(尤指威士忌)
  • paint a black (rose) picture of 对…持悲观(或乐观)的看法
  • paint in glowing colour 把事情描绘得非常有光彩
  • paint in one's true colour 按(某人、某事)的真相描绘
  • paint it red [俚语]把事情弄得引人注目；描写得天花乱坠
  • paint someone black 把某人渲染成坏蛋；诬蔑某人
  • paint someone (oneself) into a corner 使某人(自己)陷入困境[见corner]
  • paint someone with his warts 全面评价某人，毫无掩饰地把某人描绘出来
  • paint something out (用油漆、涂料等)涂掉(某物)
  • paint something red 把某事物描绘成骇人听闻的样子；把某事物弄得引人注目
  • paint (或 gild) the lily 作过分的修饰；画蛇添足
  • paint the town (red) [美国俚语]狂欢作乐；(尤指去酒吧，夜总会)狂饮，酗酒胡闹
  • painted pictures are dead speakers 图画是不出声的发言者；图中传神处，尽在不言中