单词 | repainting |
释义 | repaintingn. The action of repaint v.; an instance of this. Also: a layer of paint applied over another. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > [noun] > repainting repainting1820 repaint1893 1820 Times 8 Apr. 1/1 (advt.) If found not to answer the purpose within 28 days, the money returned, by making a small allowance for repainting. 1828 J. Dalloway in H. Walpole Anecd. Painting in Eng. I. iii. 98 There is an internal evidence that they were originally placed upon pictures before any repainting..had been applied to them. 1874 Temple Bar Dec. 30 The colours were so cracked..as to require a repainting of nearly the whole surface. 1884 Athenæum 2 Feb. 157/1 There is much repainting on the faces. 1937 D. Phillips Leadership Giorgione v. 51 After 1505 he turned it over to Sebastiano, supervising his repainting both of the figures and the landscape. 1974 Liberty Fall 67 The theater was closed for five days for a half-million-dollar major refurbishing that included a complete repainting of the auditorium. 2005 J. Sutherland Stephen Spender 397 They saw a lot of Craxton during the repainting of the house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1820 |
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