English Dictionary

oil painting

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 イギリス英語 ユーモラス文体 否定形

A painting done with oil paints. / (uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints. / (Britain, humorous, litotes, chiefly in the negative) A physically attractive person.

日本語の意味

油絵：油絵具で描かれた絵画 / 油絵技法、油彩画の制作技法 / （英国のユーモラスな表現で）魅力的な人物

The museum's most popular exhibit was a 19th-century oil painting of a stormy seascape.

美術館で最も人気のある展示は、19世紀の荒れた海の油絵でした。

意味（1）

A painting done with oil paints.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The art of painting with oil paints.

意味（3）

(Britain, humorous, litotes, chiefly in the negative) A physically attractive person.

Very lovely! he said, staring her straight in the face. You needn't try and be funny! she said. If you mean me, I'm no oil-painting, and I know it!

oil paintings （ plural ）