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a painting of [subject]
She bought a painting of a sunflower.
她买了一幅向日葵的画。
画；绘画作品
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画；绘画作品
A picture or artwork made by applying paint.
She bought a painting of a sunflower.
她买了一幅向日葵的画。
绘画作品
An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
通过在表面上涂颜料而成的艺术作品
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
涂绘
The action of applying paint to a surface.
用颜料创作画作
creating a picture with paints
This painting by Van Gogh is very famous.
梵高的这幅画非常著名。
AI contextual example
She spends most of her weekends on painting.
她大部分周末都用来绘画。
AI contextual example
The museum has a large collection of modern paintings.
这家博物馆收藏了大量现代绘画作品。
AI contextual example
a small painting by Picasso
毕加索的一幅小画。
WordNet
She bought a painting of a sunflower.
她买了一幅向日葵的画。
We admired a painting by Picasso.
我们欣赏了一幅毕加索的画。
这里的painting指绘画活动。
He decided to take up painting in his retirement.
他决定退休后开始学绘画。
Not this
She is looking at painting.
Use this
She is looking at a painting.
在英文中，"painting"作可数名词表示"一幅画"时，前面需要加冠词a或the。中文学习者常因汉语无冠词而漏掉。
Not this
This is a beautiful picture made with oil paints.
Use this
This is a beautiful painting made with oil paints.
"picture"泛指任何图像，而"painting"特指用颜料绘制的画作。当明确指油画作品时，应用"painting"而非"picture"。
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油画
She prefers oil painting to watercolor.
她更喜欢油画而不是水彩画。
抽象画
The gallery displayed a famous abstract painting.
画廊展示了一幅著名的抽象画。
风景画
He specializes in landscape painting.
他专攻风景画。
画笔
She cleaned her painting brushes after finishing the work.
她完成作品后清洗了画笔。
画展
We visited a painting exhibition last weekend.
我们上周末参观了一个画展。
绘画技巧
The artist demonstrated her unique painting technique.
艺术家演示了她独特的绘画技巧。
狂欢作乐
After winning the championship, the team spent the night painting the town red.
赢得冠军后，团队彻夜狂欢。
让自己陷入困境
By refusing to negotiate, the politician painted himself into a corner.
由于拒绝谈判，这位政治家让自己陷入了困境。
描绘美好的前景
The manager is painting a rosy picture of the company's future, but I doubt it's accurate.
经理正在描绘公司美好的前景，但我怀疑其准确性。
绘画只是另一种写日记的方式。
Her painting of the sunset captures the quiet beauty of the evening.
她画的那幅夕阳油画捕捉到了傍晚的宁静之美。
一幅画是一首没有文字的诗。
This painting tells a powerful story without using any words.
这幅画没有使用任何文字却讲述了一个有力的故事。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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paint（油漆）+ ing → painting（绘画），联想刷油漆作画的情景。
register: neutral; contexts: 美术作品, 绘画活动, 涂漆工作; note_zh: painting作为名词通常中性，多用于指代绘画作品或绘画行为，也可指油漆工序或油漆工职业，具体含义依赖上下文。
可数名词表示具体的绘画作品，如'a painting'；不可数名词指绘画艺术或行动，如'He studied painting.'
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