| 单词 | daub |
| 释义 | daub (once / 3081 pages) nv Whenever you smear something on a surface, you are daubing. Abstract Expressionists may have been able to daub a canvas with paint and sell it for millions, but you probably wouldn’t be so lucky. Daub can be used as a verb or as a noun, and is derived from the Old French debaur which comes from the Latin dealbare “to whiten.” It is also used to describe the process of covering a surface with an adhesive substance such as plaster, mud or grease. However, in its noun form, it means a smear of something. When you are ordering "a bagel with a smear," you could impress the guy at the deli by asking for "a daub" instead. WORD FAMILYdaub: daubed, dauber, daubing, daubs+/dauber: daubers/daubing: daubings USAGE EXAMPLESThe entrance door is daubed with graffiti, the ground floor hallway dingy and depressing. The Guardian(Dec 05, 2016) Daubs issued a statement to Fox saying he was “shocked by the isolated actions of a single employee.” Time(Nov 29, 2016) Graffiti denouncing Ahok – as he is known to friend and foe alike – is daubed across the walls here. The Guardian(Nov 22, 2016) 1n an unskillful painting Hyper painting, picture graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface 2n a blemish made by dirt Syn|Hypo|Hyper blot, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot blotch, splodge, splotch an irregularly shaped spot fingermark, fingerprinta smudge made by a (dirty) finger inkblota blot made with ink blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 3n material used to daub walls Hyper clay a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired 4v apply to a surface daub paint onto the wall Syn|Hyper smear cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it plastercoat with plaster apply, put on apply to a surface 5v cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it daub the ceiling with plaster Syn|Hypo|Hyper smear blood smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 6v coat with plaster daub the wall Syn|Hypo|Hyper plaster render-set cover with two coats of plaster pargetapply ornamental plaster to roughcastapply roughcast to mudplaster with mud mortarplaster with mortar coat, surface put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface |
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