- (用药膏、灰泥、泥浆等物)涂，涂抹，涂上；在…上涂抹(with):
to daub stone walls with mud
用灰泥在石墙上涂抹
to daub a canvas with paint
在帐篷上涂漆
to daub the wall with paint
往墙上涂油漆
- 涂抹(药膏、油粘物、灰泥、泥浆等)涂抹…于某物上：
to daub plaster on a brick wall
在砖墙上抹灰泥
He daubed paint on the wall.
他往墙上涂油漆。
- 玷污，弄脏，污损：
skirt daubed with paint
被油漆玷污的裙子
his fingers daubed with red ink
被红墨水弄脏的他的手指
to daub oneself with soup and grease
被汤和油脂弄脏衣服
- 拙劣地画，乱画(画)；乱涂(颜料)：
The paint was daubed on inartistically.
颜料被毫无艺术性地涂抹在上面。
to daub colour onto one's nails
在指甲上乱涂颜料
The girl daubed her lips with lipstick.
姑娘用唇膏乱涂了一下嘴唇。
- [英国方言]打扮得俗丽
- [废语]用华而不实的外表来掩饰：
He daubed his vice with show of virtue.
他表面上装得道貌岸然以掩饰他的道德败坏行为。