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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
paint
I.paint1 S2 W2 /peɪnt/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [Word Family: noun: ↑paint, ↑painter, ↑painting, repaint; verb: ↑paint, repaint; adjective: ↑painterly] 1. a liquid that you put on a surface, using a brush to make the surface a particular colour: a can of blue paint Wet paint (=used as a warning on signs when something has just been painted) The whole house could do with a fresh coat of paint. peeling/flaking paint (=old paint that is starting to come off the surface) All this room needs is a lick of paint (=paint used to make a place more attractive). 2. paints tubes or dry blocks of a coloured substance, used for painting pictures: acrylic and oil paints • • • COLLOCATIONS phrases ▪ a can/tin/pot of paint He had spilt a can of paint on the floor. ▪ a tube of paint There was a painting on one of the easels and a table with his brushes and tubes of paint. ▪ a layer of paint They removed the old layers of paint. ▪ a coat of paint (=a layer of paint that is put on something) Walls usually need at least two coats of paint. ▪ a lick of paint informal (=a layer of paint used to make something more attractive) All she needed to do to the kitchen was give it a lick of paint. adjectives ▪ white/red/blue etc I decided to use white paint throughout the house. ▪ wet Careful – the paint is still wet. ▪ dry Remove the tape when the paint is dry. ▪ fresh (=new - used especially about the smell of new paint) The place smelled of fresh paint and new carpets. ▪ peeling/flaking paint (=starting to come off a surface because it is old) She lived in a gloomy old building with peeling paint on the walls. verbs ▪ put paint on something Don’t put the paint on too thick. ▪ apply paint formal Clean the surface before applying the paint with a brush or roller. ▪ spray paint (=send paint out from a container in a stream of very small drops) Vandals had sprayed paint all over the walls. ▪ strip paint (=remove all the paint from a surface) We decided to strip the paint off the doors. ▪ scrape off/away paint (=take most of the paint off a surface using a tool) Scrape off any loose or flaking paint and rub the surface with sandpaper. ▪ paint dries Wait for the paint to dry. ▪ paint peels/flakes The paint was starting to peel off the window frame. II.paint2 S2 W3 BrE AmE verb [Word Family: noun: ↑paint, ↑painter, ↑painting, repaint; verb: ↑paint, repaint; adjective: ↑painterly] [Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: peint, past participle of peindre 'to paint', from Latin pingere] 1. [intransitive and transitive] to put paint on a surface: The ceiling needs painting. brightly painted houses paint something (in) blue/red/green etc We painted the door blue. Paint the walls in a contrasting colour. The living room was painted in pastel shades of pink and blue. 2. [intransitive and transitive] to make a picture, design etc using paint: A white cross was painted on the door. Turner is famous for painting landscapes. paint in oils/watercolours etc (=paint using a particular type of paint) He paints mainly in acrylics. 3. [transitive] to put a coloured substance on part of your face or body to make it different or more attractive: The children’s faces were painted to look like animals. She’d painted her toenails with red nail polish. 4. [transitive] to describe someone or something in a particular way paint somebody/something as something She’s often been painted as a tough businesswoman. paint a grim/rosy/gloomy picture of somebody/something Dickens painted a grim picture of Victorian life. The article painted him in a bad light (=described him in a way that made him seem bad). 5. paint the town (red) informal to go out to bars, clubs etc to enjoy yourself ⇨ not be as black as you are painted at ↑black1(10) paint something ↔ out phrasal verb to cover part of a picture or sign with paint so that it can no longer be seen: The name of the firm had been partially painted out. paint over something phrasal verb to cover a picture or surface with new paint: Much of the original decoration was painted over.
painthu◎ | [peint] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | sơn; vôi màu; thuốc màu | | ■ | lớp sơn (sơn đã khô) | ※ | danh từ số nhiều paints | | ■ | những túyp thuốc màu, những thỏi thuốc màu | | ☆ | a set of oil-paints | | một hộp sơn dầu | | ■ | phấn (mỹ phẩm của phụ nữ) | | ☆ | she wears far too much paints | | bà ta dùng quá nhiều mỹ phẩm | | 〆 | as pretty (smart) as paint | | ✓ | đẹp như vẽ | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | sơn, quét sơn | | ☆ | to paint a door green | | sơn cửa màu lục | | ■ | vẽ, tô vẽ, mô tả | | ☆ | paint a portrait | | vẽ bức chân dung | | ☆ | paint a landscape | | vẽ phong cảnh | | ■ | trang điểm | ※ | nội động từ | | ■ | vẽ tranh | | ■ | thoa phấn | | 〆 | paint in | | ✓ | ghi bằng sơn | | 〆 | paint over something | | ✓ | sơn phủ lên, lấy sơn quét lấp đi | | 〆 | paint in bright colours | | ✓ | vẽ màu tươi, vẽ màu sáng; (nghĩa bóng) tô hồng (sự việc gì) | | 〆 | paint the lily | | ✓ | mặc thêm là lượt cho phò mã (làm một việc thừa) | | 〆 | paint the town red | | ✓ | như town | | 〆 | not as black as it/one is painted | | ✓ | như black | | 〆 | paint something in | | ✓ | vẽ thêm |
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