PAINT1 to paint pictures2 someone who paints pictures3 to paint walls/doors/rooms etc4 someone who paints walls, houses etc as their job5 words for describing something that has been paintedRELATED WORDSsee alsoDRAWPICTURECOLOURPATTERNDECORATEART/CULTURE1 to paint pictures 绘画paint /peɪnt/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to make a picture of someone or something, by puttingpaint on a surface with a brush 绘画 Geraint was sitting on the beach, painting the seagulls and the fishing boats. 杰兰特坐在海滩上画海鸥和渔船。 The exhibition focuses on the urban pictures painted by Camille Pissarro in the last decade of his career. 展览着重于卡米耶·毕沙罗创作生涯最后十年画的城市生活。paint a picture (of) I'm going to paint a picture of the church. 我打算把那座教堂画下来。paint in oils/watercolours etc The pictures in Paul Gunn's exhibition were all landscapes, most beautifully painted in oils. 保罗·岗恩画展的作品都是很美的风景画，大部分是油画。painting [uncountable noun]the activity of painting pictures 绘画 I'm not very good at painting. 我不太擅长绘画。 a painting class 绘画课2 someone who paints pictures 绘画的人painter /ˈpeɪntəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who paints pictures 画家 This is by the great Spanish painter, Goya. 这是西班牙大画家戈雅的作品。 Michelangelo, sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, died in 1564. 雕塑家、画家、建筑师兼诗人米开朗基罗于1564年去世。portrait paintersomeone who paints pictures of people 肖像画家 Sir Henry Raeburn, the famous Scots portrait painter 亨利·雷伯恩爵士，著名的苏格兰肖像画家landscape paintersomeone who paints pictures of places, the countryside etc 风景画家 Turner was probably the greatest landscape painter that England has ever produced. 透纳很可能是英国有史以来最伟大的风景画家。artist /ˈɑːʳtɪst, ˈɑːʳtəst/ [countable noun]someone who produces works of art, especially paintings or drawings 艺术家；美术家，〔尤指〕画家 an exhibition of works by Italian artists 意大利画家作品展 At that time Picasso was a struggling artist, little known outside Paris. 那时候，毕加索是位正在苦苦奋斗的画家，其知名度仅局限于巴黎市内。 We asked a local artist to come and show her work to the students. 我们请来一位本地画家，将她的作品展示给学生看。3 to paint walls/doors/rooms etc 油漆墙壁/门/家具等paint /peɪnt/ [intransitive/transitive verb]to putpaint on walls, doors, pieces of furniture etc 油漆 I'm going to paint the bathroom tomorrow. 我打算明天粉刷浴室。paint something blue/red/white etc What colour did you paint the doors? 你把门漆成了什么颜色? The walls were painted tomato red, with matching red drapes. 墙壁被粉刷成了番茄红，配上相配的红窗帘。decorate /ˈdekəreɪt/ [intransitive/transitive verb]especially Britishto paint the inside of a house or put paper on the walls 【尤英】装修；粉刷〔墙壁〕；贴墙纸 They've just finished decorating the kitchen. 他们刚粉刷过厨房。 We spent all weekend decorating. 整个周末我们在贴墙纸。have something decoratedpay someone to decorate it 雇人装修某物 Mum had the whole house decorated before she moved in. 妈妈搬进去住之前，让人把整座房子装修了一遍。redecorate /riːˈdekəreɪt/ [transitive verb]to change the paint or paper on the walls of a house or room 重新装潢；重新装饰redecorate something When they first moved in, they completely redecorated the whole house. 他们最初迁入时，把整幢房子彻底重新装潢过。have something redecoratedpay someone to redecorate it 雇人重新装潢某物 We're thinking of having our house redecorated -- can you recommend anyone? 我们正在考虑请人来把房子重新装潢一遍——你能否推荐一下？respray /riːˈspreɪ/ [transitive verb]to change the colour of a car by putting new paint on it 重新喷涂〔汽车的颜色〕 The thieves had resprayed the truck and changed the license plates. 窃贼重新喷涂了卡车车身，并改换了号码牌。 After the accident I took the car to a garage to have it resprayed. 事故发生后，我把汽车开到修理厂，请人重新喷涂车身。4 someone who paints walls, houses etc as their job 以油漆墙壁、门窗等为职业的人painter /ˈpeɪntəʳ/ [countable noun]someone who paints walls, houses etc as their job 油漆匠 The painters are upstairs painting the offices at the moment. 漆匠们现在正在楼上油漆办公室。house painter Adolf Hitler worked as a house painter in Austria before becoming involved in politics. 阿道夫·希特勒涉足政界前在奥地利当房屋油漆匠。decorator /ˈdekəreɪtəʳ/ [countable noun]someone whose job is to paint houses and put paper on the walls inside 装饰者；装潢者 The decorators have left their ladders and paints all over the house -- it a real mess. 装潢工人把梯子和油漆罐在房子里放得到处都是—真是一团糟。 We wanted the work to be done properly, so we decided to get the decorators in. 我们想把事情干好，所以我们决定雇用装修工。5 words for describing something that has been painted 描述已被涂上颜料或油漆的东西的词语painted /ˈpeɪntɪd, ˈpeɪntəd/ [adjective] On the shelf there was a painted statue of the Virgin Mary. 架子上放着一尊上了色的圣母马利亚像。 The temple was decorated with brightly painted figures and bits of colored glass. 那座庙的墙上装饰着色彩鲜艳的人像和彩色玻璃片。hand-paintedpainted by a person, not a machine 手漆的 a beautiful hand-painted vase 一只精美的手漆花瓶painted blue/green etc The front door was painted yellow. 前门被漆成黄色。be painted in something beautiful jewel boxes painted in distinctive shades of red, yellow, blue, green 被漆成红、黄、蓝、绿等独特色彩的漂亮珠宝盒 a row of humble fisherman's cottages, painted in pastel tones of pink, ochre, and yellow 粉红、赭色、黄色等色调柔和的一排渔人小屋painted with The vases were painted with pictures of flowers and butterflies. 这些花瓶上绘有花卉与蝴蝶的图案。