painter

英 ['peɪntə] 美['pentɚ]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中低频词常用词汇

复数: painters;

1、ping- / pict- => paint.
2、paint + -er.

painter (n.1): "artist who paints pictures," early 14c., from Old French peintor, from Latin pictor "a painter," from pingere (see paint (v.)). Sense of "workman who colors surfaces with paint" is from c. 1400. As a surname, Painter is attested from mid-13c. but it is difficult to say which sense is meant. Related: Painterly.
painter (n.2): mid-14c., "rope or chain that holds an anchor to a ship's side," from Old French peintor, ultimately from Latin pendere "to weigh" (see pendant).

1. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.: 画家可能会对线条和形状进行夸大或扭曲。

2. Much of the film shows the painter simply going about his task.: 这部电影大部分都在描述那位画家如何完全沉溺于自己的工作。

3. No one could imagine a great woman painter. None had existed yet.: 没有谁能想象出一位伟大的女画家是什么样子。这样的画家还没有出现过。

5. The painter's estimate for painting the whole house was 1000 dollars.: 油漆匠对油刷整个房子的估价是1000美元.