airbrush

Thân thiện

The artist uses an airbrush to add fine details to the illustration.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A tool for spraying paint: An airbrush is a small device that uses compressed air to spray a fine, controlled mist of paint or other liquid.

2. Verb:

   • To paint or retouch using an airbrush: To apply paint or make alterations to a surface (like a photograph, painting, or object) using an airbrush tool.
   • To conceal or make to appear better: To alter an image or representation in order to hide flaws or create a perfected, often unrealistic, appearance.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:

  • The artist used an airbrush to create smooth gradients on the canvas.
  • For detailed model kits, a good airbrush is essential.

• Verb:

  • She airbrushed the background to a solid blue.
  • The magazine was criticized for airbrushing the model's skin to remove all wrinkles.

Advanced Usage

• "to airbrush something out": To remove something from an image using an airbrush or digital equivalent.
  • In the official portrait, they airbrushed out the controversial symbol.
• "airbrushed history/reality": A metaphorical use meaning to present a sanitized or altered version of events.
  • The documentary claims the regime airbrushed the war's atrocities from its historical records.

Variants and Related Words

• Airbrushing (n): The technique or process of using an airbrush.
  • The photo required extensive airbrushing.
• Airbrushed (adj): Describing something that has been treated with an airbrush.
  • The ad featured an airbrushed version of the celebrity.

Synonyms

• Noun: Spray gun, atomizer.
• Verb: Retouch, touch up, photoshop (modern, digital context), embellish, gloss over.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "An airbrushed image": Often used critically to describe an idealized and artificially perfected representation.
  • We are constantly bombarded with airbrushed images of beauty that are unattainable.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air

Verb

1. paint with an airbrush
   • The old car looks like new now that we airbrushed it