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1 paint
/peint/ * danh từ - sơn - thuốc màu - phấn (bôi má) !as pretty (smart) as paint - đẹp như vẽ * ngoại động từ - sơn, quét sơn =to paint a door green+ sơn cửa màu lục - vẽ, tô vẽ, mô tả =to paint a landscope+ vẽ phong cảnh =to paint a black (rosy) picture of+ bôi đen (tô hồng) - đánh phấn * nội động từ - vẽ tranh - thoa phấn !to paint in - ghi bằng sơn !to paint out - sơn phủ lên, lấy sơn quét lấp đi !to panin in bright colours - vẽ màu tươi, vẽ màu sáng; (nghĩa bóng) tô hồng (sự việc gì) !to pain the lily - mặc thêm là lượt cho phò mã (làm một việc thừa) !to paint the town red - (xem) town -
2 dab
/dæb/ * ngoại động từ - đánh nhẹ, vỗ nhẹ, mổ nhẹ, gõ nhẹ =to dab with one's finger+ lấy ngón tay gõ nhẹ - chấm chấm nhẹ =to dab one's forehead with a handkerchief+ chấm chấm nhẹ trán bằng khăn tay =to dab paint on something+ chấm nhẹ sơn lên vật gì - (kỹ thuật) đột nhẹ * danh từ - sự (cái) đánh nhẹ, sự (cái) mổ nhẹ - sự chấm chấm nhẹ (mồ hôi, phấn); sự (cái) chấm nhẹ (sơn...); sự thấm (bằng bọt biển...) =to give a picture a dab of paint+ phết nhẹ sơn lên bức hoạ - miếng, cục (cái gì mềm) =a dab of cheese+ miếng phó mát - vết (mực, sơn) * danh từ - (động vật học) cá bơn * danh từ - (từ lóng) tay giỏi, tay cừ, tay thạo =he is a dab at maths+ hắn là tay giỏi toán * tính từ - (từ lóng) tài, giỏi, khéo, cừ; thạo =he is a dab hand at painting+ hắn ta vẽ rất cừ -
3 dapple
/'dæpl/ * danh từ - đốm, vết lốm đốm * ngoại động từ - chấm lốm đốm, làm lốm đốm =to dapple paint on a picture+ chấm màu lốm đốm lên tranh * nội động từ - có đốm, lốm đốm =dappled deer+ hươu sao - vầng mây trắng và xám, lốm đốm mây trắng và xám (trời)
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