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paint a mural on [surface]
paint 后接 mural 表示绘制壁画的动作，on 后接所在墙面。
The students painted a mural on the school wall.
学生们在学校墙上画了一幅壁画。
壁画
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
壁画
a painting applied directly to a wall or ceiling
The students painted a mural on the school wall.
学生们在学校墙上画了一幅壁画。
大型绘画,通常绘制在墙壁上。
A large painting, usually drawn on a wall.
The artist spent two weeks painting a large mural on the side of the library.
那位艺术家花了两个星期在图书馆的侧墙上画了一幅大型壁画。
Many old buildings in the city have colorful murals that tell local stories.
城里许多老建筑都有色彩鲜艳的壁画，讲述着当地的故事。
We stopped to take photos of the mural that covers the entire café wall.
我们停下来给那幅覆盖整面咖啡馆墙壁的壁画拍照。
paint 后接 mural 表示绘制壁画的动作，on 后接所在墙面。
The students painted a mural on the school wall.
学生们在学校墙上画了一幅壁画。
mural 常与 of 连用，说明壁画描绘的内容。
The mural of local fishermen covers an entire wall.
这幅描绘当地渔民的壁画覆盖了整面墙。
mural 作形容词时只用在名词前，表示“壁上的、壁的”。
Mural art is popular in many cities.
壁画艺术在许多城市很受欢迎。
Not this
There are many mural on the wall.
Use this
There are many murals on the wall.
mural 是可数名词，表示“壁画”时复数要加 -s；汉语名词没有复数变化，所以直接说 many mural 是典型的母语迁移错误。
Not this
He painted a fresco on the classroom wall.
Use this
He painted a mural on the classroom wall.
fresco 特指在湿灰泥上画的“湿壁画”，而一般的墙上绘画（包括用普通颜料画在干墙上的）应叫 mural。汉语“壁画”不能直接对应 fresco，选词应看绘画技法。
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绘制壁画
The students painted a mural on the classroom wall.
学生们在教室的墙上绘制了一幅壁画。
创作壁画
The city invited local artists to create a mural in the park.
市政府邀请当地艺术家在公园里创作一幅壁画。
为壁画揭幕
Residents gathered to unveil the mural commemorating the town's history.
居民们聚集在一起，为纪念该镇历史的壁画揭幕。
巨幅壁画
A giant mural of the ocean now decorates the lobby.
一幅海洋主题的巨幅壁画现在装饰着大堂。
墙壁壁画
The children's hospital features a cheerful wall mural in every ward.
这家儿童医院的每个病房都有一幅令人愉快的墙壁壁画。
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mural 听起来像 my wall（我的墙），壁画就画在墙上，记住：mural = 墙上的画。
语域：neutral 常见场景：art、public spaces、tourism 本条目针对名词用法（壁画）：该词常用于谈论墙面上的大型绘画，多出现在艺术、城市公共空间和旅游等场合；语气中性，正式与非正式语境均适用。
形容词 mural 通常作定语，放在名词前，例如 mural painting（壁画）。
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