paint
n.
油漆, 塗料
Don't touch the door; the paint is wet.
別碰這門, 油漆未幹。
顏料
I left my paints at home.
我把顏料忘在家裏了。
塗層, 漆層
The sulphuric acid ate into the parts of the metal where the coat of paint had peeled.
硫酸腐蝕了這塊金屬上塗層剝落的地方。
化妝品
That girl wears far too much paint.
那個女孩妝化得太濃了。
vt. & vi.
畫; 繪畫
The little girl paints nicely in watercolours.
小姑娘的水彩畫畫得很好。
vt.
在…上塗塗料[油漆]
When will you paint the wall?
妳們什麽時候粉刷墻?
塗, 搽
Taking out her lipstick, she began to paint her lips.
她拿出口紅, 開始往嘴唇上抹。
描繪, 描述
The writer paints a vivid picture of his early life.
那位作家生動地描繪了他早年的生活。
用法詞典
paint
中古英語peiten<古法語
參考詞匯
paint , draw
paint指用顏色畫，如油畫顏料、水彩或者水墨畫，而draw 通常指用鉛筆、鋼筆或者粉筆畫，後者壹般並不塗上顏料。兩動詞的相應名詞分別為painting和drawing
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.
我是學美術的學生，我畫許多畫。
He is painting in oils.
他正在用油畫顏料畫畫。
註：paint的引伸含義是“描述”
He is not so black as he is painted.
他並不象人們所說的那麽壞。
She draws very well.
她畫得很好。
These pictures are drawn by children.
這些畫是孩子們畫的。
註：drawing除了“圖畫”外，還有“工程圖”的意思。
an engineering drawing