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单词 airbrush
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airbrush

[ air-bruhsh ]
/ ˈɛərˌbrʌʃ /

noun

an atomizer for spraying paint.

verb (used with object)

to paint or decorate, using an airbrush: to airbrush murals; to airbrush silk kimonos.
to remove or alter by or as by means of an airbrush: to airbrush facial lines from a photograph.
to prettify or sanitize: airbrushed versions of modern history.

Origin of airbrush

First recorded in 1885–90; air1 + brush1

Words nearby airbrush

airbrasive, air-breathe, air-breather, air brick, air bridge, airbrush, airbrush out, airburst, airbus, air cargo, air carrier
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Example sentences from the Web for airbrush

  • I use an airbrush to blow out the air bubbles and push the latex into difficult and hard-to-reach spots.

    Making Halloween Masks That Don’t Suck|Eugene Robinson|October 16, 2020|Ozy

British Dictionary definitions for airbrush

airbrush
/ (ˈɛəˌbrʌʃ) /

noun

an atomizer for spraying paint or varnish by means of compressed air

verb (tr)

to paint or varnish (something) by using an airbrush
to improve the image of (a person or thing) by concealing defects beneath a bland exterioran airbrushed version of the government's record
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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