单词 | airbrush |
释义 | airbrushn. A device for spraying colour over a surface by means of compressed air. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > equipment for painting or drawing > [noun] > brush > types of pencila1350 calaber pencil1583 washing-brush1585 softener1756 hair-pencil1763 camel('s) hair pencil1771 pound brush1780 dabberc1790 varnishing brush1825 writer1825 red sable1859 sweetener1859 varnish brush1859 fitch1873 sable-brush1873 wash-brush1873 Poona brush1875 hake1882 rigger1883 airbrush1884 liner1886 sable1891 stippler1891 aerograph1898 mop brush1904 filbert brush1950 1884 Wellsboro (Pa.) Agitator 26 Aug. 1/8 The air brush was one of the useful and interesting inventions exhibited at the photographers' convention. 1889 Cent. Dict. Air-brush, a peculiar kind of atomizer invented by Walkup, used by lithographers and artists for the distribution of color in minute quantities over a paper surface. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Doing their Bit iv. 58 The quick and even painting of the shells by air-brush spray. 1934 H. Hiler Notes Technique Painting iii. 241 It may then be varnished..preferably with an air brush. 1999 Artists & Illustrators Sept. 13/3 The UC Logic Pen Tablet simulates everything from fine graphic lines to the spray of an airbrush with its pressure-sensitive pen tip. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). airbrushv. transitive. To apply colour, paint, etc., to by means of an airbrush; (Photography) to retouch (a picture) or (with out) remove (something) from a picture by means of an airbrush. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > using compressed air airbrush1941 1912 [see airbrushed adj. at Derivatives]. 1915 Times 10 Mar. 7/6 The [photographic] plates can be retouched, etched, and air-brushed. 1941 J. C. Tobias Man. Airbrush Technique xxii. 116 Having transferred the design to illustration board, proceed to airbrush it. 1967 Life (Atlantic ed.) 30 Oct. 76/3 They..seldom miss an opportunity to show the expanses of both sexes once discreetly turned away from the camera or airbrushed out of view. 1983 Times 28 Sept. 6/6 Argentina had attempted to airbrush out the fact that it had broken off from the negotiating process. 1984 Science 6 Apr. 44 While viewing the material on the video monitor, the operator..can ‘electronically airbrush’ it to remove blemishes or add artifacts. 2003 Pop. Ceramics May–June 42/2 Airbrush the notched tips of all the dogwood petals with the Pink Brown mixture. Derivatives ˈairbrushed adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [adjective] > applied in specific manner washed1770 airbrushed1912 impastoed1923 sponged1925 1912 Marshfield (Wisconsin) Times 8 Jan. (advt.) For all kinds of signs. Air brushed, plain or fancy. 1941 J. C. Tobias Man. Airbrush Technique xvii. 89 Airbrushed borders are often effective in giving a card distinction. 1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 15 Apr. b10 Many punk and new-wave musicians are turning to the glossy, airbrushed cleanliness of Power Pop. 2002 J. Helfand Reinventing the Wheel 42 Bordered by a landscape of airbrushed stars in the square behind the wheel, this chart features Chief Seattle. ˈairbrushing n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > [noun] > laying on of colour > using specific process airbrushing1924 1924 Indianapolis Star 16 June 12/7 (advt.) Smart boy..to learn air brushing, finishing and decorative work. 1953 O. R. Croy Retouching 165 Air brushing allows the photographer to concentrate on..the subject..without worrying over..unfavourable surroundings. 1988 D. Bentley in G. Lynch & D. Rampton Canad. Ess. (1991) 324 An intellectual ‘airbrushing’ of certain components of the Canadian tradition. 2005 West Island Suburban (Canada) 26 Oct. e10/3 Bedregalova uses acrylics, oils & airbrushing in combination with assemblage & collage techniques. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1884v.1912 |
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