| 单词 | to lay on thick, with a trowel |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto lay (it) on thick, with a trowel 6. To apply a coat of (paint, varnish, etc.) to a surface. Hence in to lay (it) on thick, with a trowel, to be excessive in flattery, eulogy, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > decorating and painting > decorate [verb (transitive)] > paint > apply coat of paint dispaint1590 to lay ona1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. ii. 99 Well said, that was laid on with a trowell. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 229 Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white, Natures owne sweet, and cunning hand laid on . View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. iii. 49. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 379 Pulverized Gold lay'd on with gumme. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 95/1 The colours are tempered with oil and varnish, and the metallic powders laid on with gold size. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 587 All the first coats of plastering are laid on with this tool. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 43 Dyers first prepare the white ground and then lay on the dye of purple. 1893 Law Times 94 452/1 It is nauseous to hear the adulation of Mr. Neville, who laid butter on with a spade. < as lemmas |
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