oil paint

IPA/ˈɔɪl peɪnt/
IPA/ˈɔɪl peɪnt/

oil paint — 名詞

1. A thick, slow-drying painting medium created by mixing powdered colour pigment w

1.名詞B1
釋義

油畫顏料

以油為基底、專供繪畫使用的顏料

A thick, slow-drying painting medium created by mixing powdered colour pigment with a drying oil such as linseed oil, used especially by artists to create pictures on canvas, wood, or board.

例句

Andrés mixed oil paint with linseed oil to help the colour spread across the canvas.

Andrés 在油畫顏料中加入亞麻仁油，讓顏色在畫布上更容易推開。

collocation: oil paint + linseed oil

Megan bought three new tubes of oil paint for her weekend landscape workshop.

Megan 買了三條新的油畫顏料，準備參加週末的風景寫生工作坊。

countable: tube of oil paint

同義詞
  • oil colour

    British English term, more common among professional artists; 'oil colour' emphasises the pigment, not the binder

  • oil

    shorter informal form used in context ('she paints in oils')

反義詞
  • watercolour

    uses water as the binder instead of oil dries much faster

  • acrylic paint

    synthetic paint that dries to a waterproof finish within minutes, unlike the slow-drying oil paint

用法筆記

Oil paint is most often uncountable ('she works mainly in oil paint') but becomes countable when referring to individual colour varieties or product ranges ('these oil paints from the Italian brand dry very fast'). The drying time is slow by design, which lets artists rework areas for hours or even days.

常見錯誤

❌I bought an oil paint from the art shop.' (meaning a single tube)
✅I bought a tube of oil paint from the art shop.
💡'oil paint' is uncountable for the substance; use a unit noun for individual items.
❌This oil paint is dry in ten minutes.
✅This oil paint stays wet for a long time.
💡Oil paint is known for slow drying; describing it as quick-drying confuses learners.