scumble

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An opaque kind of glaze (layer of paint). countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To apply an opaque glaze to an area of a painting to make it softer or duller.
    — manure [...] dead leaves [...] and the odd unstomachable meal thrown or vomited there by this or that sensitive epicurean—all got scumbled together, eventually, by the knives of the seasons, to an impasto, feet thick, of unbelievable topsoil in which anything could grow
  2. To apply a painted pattern to the finish of a piece of furniture to simulate the woodgrain of another timber, as for example to give pine an appearance of oak.
    — scumbled pine

词形变化

scumbles plural scrumble alternative scumbles present,singular,third-person scumbling participle,present scumbled participle,past scumbled past scrumble alternative

词源

词源 1
Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le.
词源 2
Uncertain; perhaps from scum with frequentative -le.
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