painter

painter — 名詞

1. an artist who creates pictures by spreading colours onto a surface such as canva

1.名詞A2
釋義

畫家

以繪畫為志業或職業的藝術家

an artist who creates pictures by spreading colours onto a surface such as canvas or paper, often as a career or a serious hobby.

例句

Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter who often put herself in her pictures.

Frida Kahlo 是一位墨西哥畫家，她常把自己畫進作品裡。

common pattern: '[adjective of nationality] + painter'

Lina dreams of becoming a painter and selling her work in a small gallery.

Lina 夢想成為畫家，把自己的作品放在小畫廊裡賣。

'become a painter' for choosing it as a career

同義詞
  • artist

    broader — covers sculptors, illustrators, and others, not only those who use paint

  • illustrator

    creates pictures for books, magazines, or posters rather than gallery art

文法句型

a painter of [subject]

a [adjective] painter

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: this sense refers to fine-art creators, often modified by an art style or subject ('landscape painter', 'portrait painter', 'abstract painter'). Sense 2 (the trade worker) is usually unmodified or paired with a building-trade word.

常見錯誤

❌My sister wants to be a painter, so she studies houses.
✅My sister wants to be a painter, so she studies art.
💡for the artist sense, the related field is art, not building trades.

2. a tradesperson hired to coat the walls, doors, ceilings, and outside woodwork of

2.名詞A2
釋義

油漆工

替建築物上漆的工人

a tradesperson hired to coat the walls, doors, ceilings, and outside woodwork of houses or other buildings with paint.

例句

We hired a local painter to repaint the kitchen before the baby arrived.

我們在寶寶出生前請了一位當地的油漆工把廚房重新粉刷。

collocation: 'hire a painter'

The painter spent two days putting a fresh coat of white on the bedroom walls.

那位油漆工花了兩天，在臥室牆面上漆上一層新的白漆。

typical action: 'put a coat of [colour] on [surface]'

同義詞
  • decorator

    British — often used together as 'painter and decorator'; covers wallpaper too

  • house painter

    American — makes the trade clear and avoids confusion with the artist sense

文法句型

hire a painter

a painter and decorator

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names a trade worker, not an artist. Often appears with verbs of hiring or scheduling ('hire/call/book a painter') and with words for surfaces and tools ('walls', 'ladder', 'brush', 'overalls'). The British compound 'painter and decorator' is fixed.

常見錯誤

❌The painter finished a beautiful portrait of my grandmother.
✅The artist finished a beautiful portrait of my grandmother.
💡for fine-art works, prefer 'artist' or sense 1 'painter' with art context to avoid sounding like the trade worker.