painter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpeɪntə/    美 /ˈpeɪntɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An artist who paints pictures.
  2. A chain or rope used to attach the shank of an anchor to the side of a ship when not in use. obsolete
  3. A mountain lion. Southern-US
    — I have fou't most of the creatur's of the forest, such as bears, wolves, painters and catamounts, but this is the beginning with the red-skins.
  4. A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.
  5. A rope that is attached to the bow of a dinghy, or other small boat, and used for tying up or towing.
    — "Shove that [fat, wicker luncheon-basket] under your feet," he observed to the Mole, as he passed it down into the boat. Then he untied the painter and took the sculls again.

词形变化

painters plural painters plural painters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
action painter dialpainter field painter fingerpainter housepainter house painter lazy painter nonpainter painterish painterless painterlike painterly painter's colic paintership painter-stainer paintery paintress paintrix signpainter Sunday painter word painter shank-painter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English paynter, peyntere, equivalent to paint + -er.
词源 2
Probably from Middle French pendeur.
词源 3
From a variation of panther, paralleling other Southern pronunciations for can't and aunt (see ain't for more details).
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