絵筆

えふで
paintbrush

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えふで【絵筆】

*brush

〖C〗［しばしば複合語で］ 毛筆， 絵筆， 画筆

a paint brush 絵筆

sweep a brush across the canvas カンバスに絵筆を走らせる

paintbrush

〖C〗ペンキ用のはけ；絵筆

rigger

〖C〗(油絵用の)先のとがった長い絵筆.

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えふで【絵筆】

a paintbrush; an artist's brush; 〔水彩画用〕 a hair pencil.

●絵筆に親しむ have a fondness for painting; show [exercise] an affinity for the paintbrush.

●母は 3 年間の中断後, ふたたび絵筆を執った. After a 3-year lull, Mom took up her paintbrush again.

・絵筆を折る put away one's paintbrush; give up painting

・彼は病床でも絵筆を握っていた. He kept on painting even in his sickbed.

・絵筆を走らせる wield one's paintbrush.