词汇精选：painting的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

上色，着色 [U]

例句：

A santero carves a bulto with a knife and then covers it with gesso to prepare it for painting.

圣人制作家使用小刀来雕刻圣人娃娃，然后再用石膏粉将它覆盖起来以备着色用。

例句：

The grand Regency terraces of Brighton need painting every other year as the sea eats away at the stucco.

因为大海蚕食了那些灰泥，所以布莱顿的丽晶梯田每隔一年就要重新着色。

绘画；油画 [C]

例句：

The painting looks better at a distance.

这幅油画远处看起来好多了。

例句：

They said the painting was too faint to reproduce well.

他们说绘画颜色太浅了，复制不清楚。

v.

paint的现在分词

二、词义辨析：

drawing,illustration,cartoon,diagram,picture,sketch,painting,portrait

这些名词都表示“画，图”之意。drawing指用线条或色彩绘成的图画。illustration指插入书页之间帮助说明的任何插图或图解。cartoon指幽默或讽刺性漫画。diagram多指科技书籍或文献中具有概括解说作用的图表、图样或略图。picture指广义的“图画”，现多用来指相片、画像。sketch通常指只画出物体主要特征的图画。painting指着色的画。portrait指肖像，只用于指人。

三、相关短语：

landscape painting

风景画,山水画

wall painting

n. 壁画

action painting

行为派绘画

spray painting

喷涂

house painting

建筑壁画

genre painting

n. 风俗画, 浮世绘

四、参考例句：

This painting lacks proportion.

这幅画比例失调。

I found painting satisfying.

我发现画画能给人带来满足感。

Painting is her livelihood.

画画是她谋生的职业。

What are you painting?

你在画什么呢？

The painting is a fake.

这副画是赝品。

Is this Chinese painting authentic?

这副国画是真迹吗?

He is painting in oils.

他正在用油画颜料画画。

She studied painting under masters.

她在名家指导下学画。

This painting is very expensive.

这幅绘画非常名贵。

The painting looks better at a distance.

这幅油画远处看起来好多了。