to spread a substance such as paint, mud, etc. thickly and/or carelessly onto something （用颜料、油漆、灰泥等）涂抹，乱涂，乱画 - daub A with B
The walls of the building were daubed with red paint. 这栋建筑的墙上随意涂了一层红色涂料。 🔊🔊 All the windows are smashed and the walls are daubed with graffiti. 所有的窗户都被砸碎了，墙壁上涂满了涂鸦。 - daub B on A
They used spray paint to daub slogans on the walls. 他们使用喷漆在墙上涂抹标语。 - daub something + adv./prep.
The letters ‘USA’ were daubed across their faces. 字母"美国"在他们的脸上涂着。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDaub is used with these nouns as the object:- graffiti
- slogan
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French dauber, from Latin dealbare ‘whiten, whitewash’, based on albus ‘white’.- daub A with B