paint

colour, dye, paint, stain

名词 paint:

1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
   同义词：key
3. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
   同义词：rouge, blusher

动词 paint:

1. make a painting
2. apply paint to; coat with paint
3. make a painting of
4. apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

1. They painted a coat of paint to prevent the oxidation of the ship by seawater.
   他们刷了一层油漆以防止船只被海水氧化。
2. The wall requires a new coat of paint.
   这墙需要再涂一层新油漆。
3. Who painted this picture?
   这幅画是谁画的？

paint

n.（名词）

A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating.
油漆：一种用作装饰或保护外层的液体混合物，通常是液体溶剂中的固体颜料
The thin, dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface.
已干油漆层：用于表面时这种混合物薄而干的膜
The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle.
未调配的固体涂料：在和展色剂混合之前的固体颜料
A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.
化妆品：一种用来给皮肤上色的化妆品，如胭脂；化妆品
See pinto
参见 pinto
v.（动词）
paint.ed,paint.ing,paints
v.tr.（及物动词）
To make (a picture) with paints.
绘画：用油漆作（画）

To represent in a picture with paints.
画出：用油漆在画上表现出来
To depict vividly in words.
描写，描述：用言辞鲜明生动地描绘出来
To coat or decorate with paint:
油漆：用油漆涂抹或装饰：
例句：
paint a house.
油漆房子

To apply cosmetics to.
化妆：把化妆品涂于…
To apply medicine to; swab:
涂，敷：用药于…；敷药于：
例句：
paint a wound.
敷药于伤口

Computer Science To display (graphic data) on a video terminal.
【计算机科学】 显示，画图：在视频终端显示（图形数据）
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To practice the art of painting pictures.
绘画：从事油画艺术
To cover something with paint.
涂漆：用颜料涂抹某物
To apply cosmetics to oneself:
涂化妆品：用化妆品给自己脸部上色：
例句：
.Let her paint an inch thick, to this favor she must come.(Shakespeare)
.让她涂足一英寸厚的化妆品吧，她有这个嗜好.(莎士比亚)

To serve as a surface to be coated with paint:
涂得上漆：作为表面而被涂上颜料：
例句：
These nonporous surfaces paint badly with a brush.
这些不渗透的表面很难被刷子刷漆

<习惯用语>paint the town red【俚语】
To go on a spree.
酒宴，狂欢
来源：
From Middle English painten [to paint]
源自 中古英语 painten [涂颜料，作画]
from Old French peintier
源自 古法语 peintier
from peint [past participle of] peindre
源自 peint [] peindre的过去分词
from Latin pingere * see peig-
源自 拉丁语 pingere *参见 peig-

【引伸】
paint.abil.ity
n.（名词）
paint.able
adj.（形容词）