dauber

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter. derogatory
    — After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work.
  2. A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
  3. A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.
    — Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
  4. A low and gross flatterer. archaic
  5. The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

词形变化

daubers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dirt-dauber

词源

From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.
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