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paintwork

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Industry, Daily life
paint·work /ˈpeɪntwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [uncountable]  TIDpaint on a car, house etc 〔汽车、房子等上的〕油漆 She noticed the peeling paintwork. 她注意到了剥落的油漆。
Examples from the Corpus
paintworkAll the windows and paintwork need cleaning much more often than normal.Buttermilk paintwork offsets the mixture of chair covers in Paisleys, florals and stripes.The varnished wood, pale cream paintwork and maroon fabric were the same as in her own cabin.Thus, their solicitor drew up a document detailing joint responsibility for communal maintenance of roofs, courtyards and external paintwork.His wife, reputedly to his fury, once sat on the bonnet of one and scratched its paintwork.All the brickwork needed repointing and the paintwork was faded and peeled.Through paintwork, light is reduced or blocked out.
paint·work nounChineseSyllable
etc a car, paint Corpus house on


paintwork
paintwork /ˈpeɪntwɜːk $ -wɜːrk/ noun [uncountable]
paint on a car, house etc:
    She noticed the peeling paintwork.


paint·workBrE /ˈpeɪntwɜːk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpeɪntwɜːrk/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (especially BrE) the layer of paint on the surface of a door, wall, car, etc. 漆面;油漆层The paintwork is beginning to peel. 漆面已经开始剥落了。🔊🔊