oil painting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈoil ˌpainting noun 1. [countable]AVP a picture painted with oil paint 油画2. [uncountable]AVP the art of painting with oil paint 油画艺术3. he’s/she’s no oil painting British EnglishUGLY used humorously to say that someone is not very attractive 他/她相貌平平[算不得好看]〔幽默用法〕
Examples from the Corpus
oil painting• The seating was low and yielding, the decoration largely subordinate to a vast abstract oil painting on the longest wall.• Above the bookcase hung an oil painting of a tall ship on the high seas.• An oil painting, St Reny signed H Iten, realised £625.• But what held his attention was a large oil painting propped on a chair and fronting the door.• However, there are times when oil painting is impractical.ˈoil ˌpainting nounChineseSyllable
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oil painting
ˈoil ˌpainting
noun
1. [countable] a picture painted with oil paint
2. [uncountable] the art of painting with oil paint
3. he’s/she’s no oil painting British English used humorously to say that someone is not very attractive
ˈoil ˌpainting
noun1. [countable] a picture painted with oil paint
2. [uncountable] the art of painting with oil paint
3. he’s/she’s no oil painting British English used humorously to say that someone is not very attractive
