单词 | painter |
释义 | painter painter1 /payn"teuhr/, n. 1. an artist who paints pictures. 2. a person who coats walls or other surfaces with paint, esp. as an occupation. 3. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Pictor. [1300-50; PAINT + ER1; r. ME peyntour < AF peintour] painter2 /payn"teuhr/, n. a rope, usually at the bow, for fastening a boat to a ship, stake, etc. [1300-50; ME peyntour, prob. < MF pentoir, var. of pendoir rope, cord for hanging things on. See PEND, -ER2] painter3 /payn"teuhr/, n. cougar. [1755-65, Amer.; var. of PANTHER] |
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