Daub



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 涂抹; 乱画
• ［英］ v. 涂抹 ( to cover or smear with sticky, soft matter, such as plaster or grease) ; 乱画 ( to paint coarsely or unskillfully)
• ［例］ to daub the wall with paints

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French dauber
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter ; plaster
  • 2. to coat with a dirty substance
  • 3.
    • a. to apply coloring material crudely to
    • b. to apply (as paint) crudely
• intransitive verb
  • 1. archaic to put on a false exterior
  • 2. to apply colors crudely
• ? dauber noun

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. material used to daub walls
• 2. an act or instance of daubing
• 3. something daubed on ; smear
• 4. a crude picture

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