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repaint

/verb ree-peynt; noun ree-peynt, ree-peynt/US // verb riˈpeɪnt; noun ˈriˌpeɪnt, riˈpeɪnt //UK // (riːˈpeɪnt) //

重绘,重画,重涂,重刷

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to paint again: to repaint the house.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a part repainted, especially a part of a picture by a restorer.
    • : the act of repainting.

Examples

  • She must whitewash these brown men and women, rid them of their savage, slavish ways, and repaint them in her own image.

  • He would repaint their faces and glue human hair onto their heads.

  • He was as sick about it as a Carlyle who must rewrite a burned-up history, an Audubon who must repaint all his pictures.

  • There was no time to repaint and polish the machine, so he resolved to convert its forlorn appearance into an asset.

  • The announcement in the house that the artist was to repaint Mrs. Taine's picture, provoked characteristic comment.

  • I remember when you wanted to repaint it, you said you would put on the canvas just what you thought of me; have you?

  • I'll repaint the kitchen and get Katy some new cooking utensils to gladden her soul.