Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.
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n. 绘画;油画;上色，着色;颜料，油漆;
v. 绘画（ paint的现在分词）;涂色于;
💡 paint画画 + ing 表名词 → 油画；绘画；着色
"I don't know if the painting is authentic."
我不知道这幅画是不是真迹。
近义：paintwork, picture, canvas
n. 批评家;评论员;批评者;挑剔的人;
💡 crit批评+ic人 →批评家
"The critic's review of the play was just a paragraph of bile."
那位批评家对这部戏剧的评论不过是在发泄怒气。
近义：judge, reviewer, commentator, hypercritic, aristarch, momus
反义：slimy, sycophant, truckler, bootlicker, brownnose, brownnoser
adj. 平的;单调的;不景气的;干脆的;
adv. （尤指贴着另一表面）平直地;断然地;水平地;直接地，完全地;
n. 平地;公寓;平面;
vt. 使变平;[音乐]使（音调）下降，尤指降半音;
vi. 逐渐变平;[音乐]以降调唱（或奏）;
💡 l(一根管子)+fat(胖):用一根管子对你 对气你就变胖了- 吹气
"They complained about the excessive noise coming from the upstairs flat."
他们抱怨楼上发出的噪音太大。
近义：blowout, apartment, level, plain, bare, smooth
反义：irregular, lopsided, askew, asymmetric, asymmetrical, rough
n. 天气， 气象;暴风雨;
vt.& vi. 晒干， 风化;
vt. 平安渡过， 挨过;[地]使风化;
💡 我们(we)在(at)听她(her)预报 天气
"The travellers looked weather - beaten , there was little spit and polish."
旅客们满面风尘, 仪容不整.
近义：ride, bear, endure, season, acclimatize, adapt
v. 保护( protect的现在分词 ); 防护; 投保; 关税保护
近义：protective, tutelar, tutelary, custodian, defending, guardian
反义：hostile, inimical, attacking, pernicious, rough, truculent