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paint a fresco
名词用法，常见搭配为 paint a fresco on [wall/ceiling]。
The artist painted a fresco on the chapel ceiling.
这位艺术家在教堂天花板上画了一幅湿壁画。
湿壁画
frescoes — plural of fresco
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
湿壁画
a mural painted with watercolors on wet plaster
The artist painted a fresco on the chapel ceiling.
这位艺术家在教堂天花板上画了一幅湿壁画。
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.
用水彩在湿灰泥上绘制的壁画
a mural done with watercolors on wet plaster
An artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster.
在墙上用水彩在湿灰泥上绘画的持久方法
a durable method of painting on a wall by using watercolors on wet plaster
The artist spent six weeks painting a large fresco on the chapel wall.
这位艺术家花了六周时间在礼拜堂的墙上画了一幅大型湿壁画。
Many of the ancient frescoes have survived for centuries in remarkable condition.
许多古代湿壁画保存了数百年，状况依然惊人。
During our visit to the museum, we saw a restored fresco from the fifteenth century.
我们参观博物馆时看到一幅十五世纪修复过的湿壁画。
名词用法，常见搭配为 paint a fresco on [wall/ceiling]。
The artist painted a fresco on the chapel ceiling.
这位艺术家在教堂天花板上画了一幅湿壁画。
也可说 frescoes of，表示复数。
This is a fresco of the Last Supper.
这是一幅《最后的晚餐》的湿壁画。
动词用法，直接宾语为墙壁、天花板等。
They frescoed the walls of the new church.
他们为新教堂的墙壁绘制了湿壁画。
被动语态常用来描述墙上已有的壁画内容。
The chapel walls are frescoed with biblical scenes.
教堂的墙壁上绘有圣经场景的湿壁画。
Not this
The chapel walls are covered with beautiful fresco.
Use this
The chapel walls are covered with beautiful frescoes.
fresco 是可数名词；表示多幅湿壁画时须用复数 frescoes。汉语名词不区分单复数，因此容易漏加 -es。
Not this
The artist fresco the wall with scenes from the Bible.
Use this
The artist frescoes the wall with scenes from the Bible.
fresco 作动词时，主语是第三人称单数的一般现在时须加 -es 变为 frescoes；不能沿用名词原形。
Not this
The ceiling was painted with fresco.
Use this
The ceiling was painted in fresco.
表示“用湿壁画技法”时，fresco 作不可数名词与介词 in 构成固定搭配 paint in fresco；with 表示使用工具或材料，不用于这种技法。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
画湿壁画
The artist spent three months painting a fresco on the wall.
这位艺术家花了三个月时间在墙上画一幅湿壁画。
湿壁画艺术
Fresco painting was a major art form during the Italian Renaissance.
湿壁画艺术是意大利文艺复兴时期的一种重要艺术形式。
古代湿壁画
The museum displays ancient frescoes from Pompeii.
博物馆展出了来自庞贝的古代湿壁画。
修复湿壁画
Conservators are trying to restore the fresco without damaging it.
文物保护人员正努力在不损伤的情况下修复这幅湿壁画。
绘有湿壁画的天花板
Visitors admired the frescoed ceiling of the chapel.
游客们欣赏着小教堂绘有湿壁画的天花板。
在墙上作湿壁画
The monks hired an artist to fresco the chapel walls.
修士们雇了一位艺术家在小教堂的墙上作湿壁画。
Use frescoes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想 fresh（新鲜）：湿壁画要趁灰泥未干时画，fresco 以 fres 开头，像 fresh 的变体，记作“新鲜的画”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：art history discussion、museum or gallery visit、architecture and travel guide fresco（名词）指湿壁画或湿壁画技法，多用于艺术史、博物馆或文物保护等相对正式的语境，在旅行参观中谈论所见时也会用到。总体语气偏正式，但不算生僻。
These words are not exact rhymes with /ˈfrɛskoʊ/ because their stressed vowels differ. They are useful lookalikes sharing the spelling chunk -sco and the final /skoʊ/ sound: disco /ˈdɪskoʊ/, fiasco /fiˈæskoʊ/, Tabasco /təˈbæskoʊ/, Frisco /ˈfrɪskoʊ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.