oil paintingn.

Brit.

/ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oil n.¹, painting n.

Etymology: < oil n.¹ + painting n. Compare French peinture à huile (1738).

a. A picture painted in oils.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > oil-painting > an oil-painting

oil picture1611

oil painting1699

oil1852

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 92 His rooms are filled with the Heads of..Men of Note in Oil Paintings.

1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 325 Being strewed upon oil paintings for a sparkling black in the same way as smalt is strewed for blue.

1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 351 In this first period Turner's oil paintings were bold and dark.

1939 W. Saroyan Peace, it's Wonderful 27 Over the mirror was an oil painting of a man who looked a little like Woodrow Wilson.

1995 GQ Jan. 89/1 There are oil paintings in gilt frames on the walls.

b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to be no oil painting and variants: (of a person) to be physically unattractive. Also in extended use.

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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly thing

eyesore1530

blind side1606

dissightc1710

ugly1755

desight1828

eye-sorrow1828

sight1862

a blot (up)on the landscape1912

to be no oil painting1919

1919 Rock Valley (Iowa) Bee 19 Sept. 8/4 ‘You should shave yourself and you would never have a face like that.’ I should like to have told him that his was no oil painting.

1927 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 10 Dec. 5/7 Women always run after me... I am no oil painting but I have a clear conscience as good as has never been used.

1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ii. 64 ‘'Member him, Edna?—teeth sticking out a yard, and all cross-eyed.’.. ‘Still, we can't all be oil paintings.’

1932 N. Mitford Christmas Pudding iii. 39 The poor girl's certainly no oil painting.

1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman viii. 76 I may not be an oil-painting, but I'm all right in my way.

1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 44 The truth is that he's no oil painting but I won't say so and hurt her feelings.

2001 4 × 4 Dec. 127/2 Hopeless off-road, mediocre on tarmac, and certainly no oil painting. But at least it's very cheap to buy.

2. The action or art of painting in oils.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > oil-painting

oil painting1760

1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 52 The process..is not attended with the disagreeable smell unavoidable in oil painting.

1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 76 Until the time of Correggio and Titian, the peculiar beauties of oil painting were unknown.

1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip xii. 97 At one time bitumen was regarded as a splendid permanent ground matrix for oil painting.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oil painting
释义	oil paintingn. Brit. /ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪntɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔɪl ˌpeɪn(t)ɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: oil n.¹, painting n. Etymology: < oil n.¹ + painting n. Compare French peinture à huile (1738). 1. a. A picture painted in oils. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > oil-painting > an oil-painting oil picture1611 oil painting1699 oil1852 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 92 His rooms are filled with the Heads of..Men of Note in Oil Paintings. 1763 W. Lewis Commercium Philosophico-technicum 325 Being strewed upon oil paintings for a sparkling black in the same way as smalt is strewed for blue. 1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 351 In this first period Turner's oil paintings were bold and dark. 1939 W. Saroyan Peace, it's Wonderful 27 Over the mirror was an oil painting of a man who looked a little like Woodrow Wilson. 1995 GQ Jan. 89/1 There are oil paintings in gilt frames on the walls. b. colloquial (originally U.S.). to be no oil painting and variants: (of a person) to be physically unattractive. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly thing eyesore1530 blind side1606 dissightc1710 ugly1755 desight1828 eye-sorrow1828 sight1862 a blot (up)on the landscape1912 to be no oil painting1919 1919 Rock Valley (Iowa) Bee 19 Sept. 8/4 ‘You should shave yourself and you would never have a face like that.’ I should like to have told him that his was no oil painting. 1927 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 10 Dec. 5/7 Women always run after me... I am no oil painting but I have a clear conscience as good as has never been used. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement ii. 64 ‘'Member him, Edna?—teeth sticking out a yard, and all cross-eyed.’.. ‘Still, we can't all be oil paintings.’ 1932 N. Mitford Christmas Pudding iii. 39 The poor girl's certainly no oil painting. 1955 L. P. Hartley Perfect Woman viii. 76 I may not be an oil-painting, but I'm all right in my way. 1998 P. Jooste Dance with Poor Man's Daughter (1999) i. 44 The truth is that he's no oil painting but I won't say so and hurt her feelings. 2001 4 × 4 Dec. 127/2 Hopeless off-road, mediocre on tarmac, and certainly no oil painting. But at least it's very cheap to buy. 2. The action or art of painting in oils. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to medium or technique > [noun] > oil-painting oil painting1760 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 52 The process..is not attended with the disagreeable smell unavoidable in oil painting. 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 76 Until the time of Correggio and Titian, the peculiar beauties of oil painting were unknown. 1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip xii. 97 At one time bitumen was regarded as a splendid permanent ground matrix for oil painting. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699
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