airbrush

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
动词 v.
  1. To paint using an airbrush.
  2. To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
    — This photo has definitely been airbrushed; no one has skin this smooth.
  3. To edit or alter something in order to make it appear better. broadly,figuratively
    — They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to.

词形变化

airbrushes plural air brush alternative air-brush alternative airbrushes present,singular,third-person airbrushing participle,present airbrushed participle,past airbrushed past air brush alternative air-brush alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.
Latin āēr
Old French airbor.
Middle English aire
English air
Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís
Proto-Germanic *burstiz
Frankish *burstibor.
Vulgar Latin *brustia
Old French broissebor.
Middle English brusshe
English brush
English airbrush
From air + brush.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér
Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr
Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.
Latin āēr
Old French airbor.
Middle English aire
English air
Proto-Indo-European *bʰers-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥stís
Proto-Germanic *burstiz
Frankish *burstibor.
Vulgar Latin *brustia
Old French broissebor.
Middle English brusshe
English brush
English airbrush
From air + brush.
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