paint /peɪnt/ CET4 TEM4 ( painting, painted, paints )

• 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; 涂料

  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. 

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

  例：

  The paint was peeling on the window frames.

  窗框上的油漆正在剥落。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you paint a wall or an object, you cover it with paint. 给…刷油漆; 给…刷涂料

  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。

• 4. 

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

  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？

• 5. 

  V-T When you paint a design or message on a surface, you put it on the surface using paint. 用颜料画; 用颜料写

  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。

• 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…描绘成

  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。

• 7. 

  → see also gloss paint, oil paint, painting