Painting

(noun.) the occupation of a house painter; 'house painting was the only craft he knew'.

(noun.) the act of applying paint to a surface; 'you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush'.

(noun.) creating a picture with paints; 'he studied painting and sculpture for many years'.

(noun.) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; 'a small painting by Picasso'; 'he bought the painting as an investment'; 'his pictures hang in the Louvre'.

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• Painting, chopping wood, hammering, plowing, washing, scrubbing, sewing, are all forms of work. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Let us assume that we have a painting or a drawing in colors from which it is desired to produce a set of printing plates to produce that drawing in facsimile. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In this room, too, there was a cabinet piano, quite new and of superior tone; also an easel for painting and a pair of globes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He deliberately scrutinised each sketch and painting. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But who would have imagined, said he, that Franklin was capable of such a performance; such painting, such force, such fire! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Would it comfort, or would it wound you to have a similar painting? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But if you have a genius for painting, would it not be right to take that as a guide? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I promised Traddles that he should hear Dora sing, and see some of her flower-painting. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And you want to express too much with your painting. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Here's what may leave all painting and all music behind, and what poetry only can attempt to describe! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Miss Mills was copying music (I recollect, it was a new song, called 'Affection's Dirge'), and Dora was painting flowers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Exact copies of an original, whether of a painting or a photograph, are now produced on paper with all the original shades and colours. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• There is a smear on the painting of your door, here. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Your painting and Plastik are poor stuff after all. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In due time, his course brought him to the door, and put him face to face with the decorative painting that you know of. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It makes me dizzy, to think of the Vatican--of its wilderness of statues, paintings, and curiosities of every description and every age. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• China continued to produce beautiful paintings long after the fall of the Han rule. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Before its introduction it was not possible to reproduce cheaply in printers’ ink shaded pictures like photographs, brush drawings, paintings, etc. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Its grandeur-- its treasure of paintings, its magnificent halls were objects soothing and even exhilarating. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• From Egyptian tomb-paintings. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• And then she shewed him how, by executing various designs and paintings, she earned a pittance for her support. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There are comparatively few paintings that I can really enjoy. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We wandered through the endless collections of paintings and statues of the Pitti and Ufizzi galleries, of course. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• That is one of my paintings over the chimney-piece. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Early Egyptian paintings show this going on. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It is one of the largest paintings in Europe. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Genoa and her rival, Venice, were the great trading seaports of this time; their noble palaces, their lordly paintings, still win our admiration. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• During a two years' sojourn in Italy he had collected many good paintings and tasteful rarities, with which his residence was now adorned. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Two or three exquisite paintings of children, in various attitudes, embellished the wall. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• For copying paintings on glass, the solution should be applied on leather, and in this case it is more readily acted on than when paper is used. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.

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