paint‧ing S3 W2 / peɪntɪŋ / 名词
1 [可数名词] a painted picture that you put on a wall for people to see :
a collection of valuable paintings
painting of
There was a large painting of his father on the wall.
Can you help me hang this painting (= put it on a wall ) ? → oil painting
2 [不可数名词] the act or skill of making a picture, using paints :
Degas’ style of painting
the Cubist school of painting (= a particular style used by a group of people )
3 [不可数名词] the work of covering a wall, house etc with paint
painting and decorating British English
THESAURUS
picture shapes, lines etc painted or drawn on a surface, especially as a piece of art, and often showing what someone or something looks like : a picture of a horse | He painted the picture in 1890, just before he died.
drawing a picture drawn with a pencil, pen etc : We had to do a drawing of a sunflower.
sketch a picture that is drawn quickly : I made a quick sketch of the kind of room we wanted.
painting a picture made using paint : The painting now hangs in the Museum of Modern Art. | Picasso did several paintings of her.
portrait a picture of a person : The portrait was painted by Rembrandt.
landscape a picture of a place, especially in the countryside or the mountains : Constable painted mainly landscapes.
cartoon a funny drawing in a newspaper or magazine that tells a story or a joke : A cartoon in the New York Times showed the President talking to Osama Bin Laden.
comic strip a series of pictures drawn inside boxes that tell a story : Charles Schultz was famous for his cartoon strip about Snoopy and Charlie Brown.
caricature a funny drawing of someone that makes a part of someone’s face or body look bigger, worse etc than it really is, especially in a funny way : He is famous for his caricatures of politicans.
illustration a picture in a book : The book has over 100 pages of illustrations, most of them in colour.
poster a large picture printed on paper that you stick to a wall as decoration : old movie posters | There were lots of posters of pop bands on her bedroom wall.
print a picture that is usually produced on a printing press , and is one of a series of copies of the same picture : a limited edition of lithographic prints by John Lennon
image a picture – used especially when talking about what the picture is like, or the effect it has on you : He produced some memorable images. | a beautiful image | Some of the images are deeply disturbing.
artwork pictures or photographs, especially ones that have been produced to be used in a book or magazine : We are still waiting for the artwork to come back from the printers.