painstaking
US: /ˈpeɪnˌsteɪkɪŋ/
UK: /pˈeɪnsteɪkɪŋ/
UK: /pˈeɪnsteɪkɪŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
painstaking /'peinz,teikiɳ/
- tính từ
- chịu khó, cần cù; cẩn thận
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
[usually before noun] needing a lot of care, effort and attention to detail: painstaking research + The event had been planned with painstaking attention to detail.
painstakingly adverb: The building has been painstakingly restored to all its former elegance.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
See painful, 3, above.
paintn.
1 colour, tint, dye, colouring, pigment, stain:
I bought the paint and brushes, and started work on the kitchen walls.
2 coating, coat, surface; enamel:
The rust has come through the paint here and there.
3 make-up, cosmetics, maquillage, greasepaint, Colloq warpaint, face:
Sheila is in her room putting on some paint before we go out.
v.
4 depict, portray, picture, show, represent, delineate, render, draw, limn, characterize, describe:
Whistler painted a portrait of my grandmother. Correspondents painted a very grim picture of the plight of the hostages
5 coat, brush, apply, cover, daub:
The doctor painted the area with some medication that soothed the pain
6 colour, tint, dye, stain, decorate:
We are planning to paint the nursery pale blue.
7 paint the town red. make merry, carouse, revel, go on a spree, go out on the town, Colloq whoop it up, live it up, (go on a) pub-crawl, step out, Slang make whoopee, go on a bender or drunk or binge, booze it up:
Saturday nights a few of the boys would go out and paint the town red till the wee hours.
Concise English dictionary
'peɪnz‚teɪkɪŋ
adj.
+characterized by extreme care and great effort
