paintbrush
paintbrush — noun
1. a small handheld tool with stiff or soft hairs fixed to one end of a wooden or p
a small handheld tool with stiff or soft hairs fixed to one end of a wooden or plastic handle, used to spread paint over walls, furniture, or pictures.
Maya dipped her paintbrush into the red paint and started the sunset.
dip + paintbrush into + [colour] paint
The art teacher handed each child a thin paintbrush and a sheet of paper.
thin / fine paintbrush for detail work
Marcus rinsed his paintbrushes in warm water before putting them away.
Grandpa kept a wide paintbrush for the garden fence and a small one for the window frames.
There was a stiff old paintbrush stuck to the lid of the tin.
- brush
general word for any brush; use 'paintbrush' when the purpose for paint must be clear.
- bristle brush
emphasises the stiff hairs; common in art and decorating shops.
用法筆記
Almost always countable; a single brush is 'a paintbrush', several are 'paintbrushes'. Often modified by an adjective for size or material (wide, thin, fine, stiff) or by the surface or paint type ('a watercolour paintbrush', 'a wall paintbrush').