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a person whose job is painting buildings, walls, etc. 油漆匠 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- self-employed
- house
- sign
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- painter and decorator
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an artist who paints pictures 畫家 a famous painter 著名畫家 a portrait/landscape painter 肖像／風景畫家 She quickly established a reputation as a painter of portraits. 她很快建立了肖像畫家的聲譽。
Extra ExamplesTopics Arta2Rudolf II's court painter 魯道夫二世的宮廷畫家 an exhibition of works by contemporary painters 當代畫家作品展 some of the great painters of the last century 上個世紀一些偉大的畫家 the Dutch master painter Jan Vermeer 荷蘭繪畫大師揚・弗美爾 Chardin was a gifted still-life painter. 夏爾丹是個天才的靜物畫家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- celebrated
- distinguished
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a rope fastened to the front of a boat, used for tying it to a post, ship, etc. （系船的）纜繩
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French peintour, based on Latin pictor, from the verb pingere ‘to paint’.sense 3 Middle English: of uncertain origin; compare with Old French pentoir ‘something from which to hang things’.