paint,drawpaint指用顏色畫(huà),如油畫(huà)顏料、水彩或者水墨畫(huà),而draw 通常指用鉛筆、鋼筆或者粉筆畫(huà),后者一般并不涂上顏料。
兩動(dòng)詞的相應(yīng)名詞分別為painting和drawingI am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.我是學(xué)美術(shù)的學(xué)生,我畫(huà)許多畫(huà)。He is painting in oils.他正在用油畫(huà)顏料畫(huà)畫(huà)。注:paint的引伸含義是“描述”He is not so black as he is painted.他并不象人們所說(shuō)的那么壞。She draws very well.她畫(huà)得很好。These pictures are drawn by children.這些畫(huà)是孩子們畫(huà)的。注:drawing除了“圖畫(huà)”外,還有“工程圖”的意思。an engineering drawing