Tra từ paint - Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary

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
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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