palette knife

noun

1. 调色刀；画刀；（炊具中的）铲刀
   a knife with a blade that bends easily and has a round end, used by artists and in cooking

1. 调色刀；画刀；（烹饪用）铲刀
   A palette knife is a knife with a broad, flat, flexible blade, used in cookery and in oil painting.

1. Constable, who is known for his expressive brushwork, often done with a palette knife, and for mixing colors on the canvas, is now viewed as a precursor to Impressionism.
   康斯特布尔以其富于表现力的笔触闻名，经常用调色刀作画，还常常在画布上混合色彩，如今他被视为印象派的先驱。
2. Painting that applies the pigment thickly so that brush or palette knife marks are visible.
   一种绘画方法，涂抹厚厚的颜料以便于画笔或者雕刻刀能刻上有形的痕迹。
3. For the bottom right of the bed, I used the palette knife to fade it out.
   对床底部的右侧，我使用调色板刮刀来让它淡出。
4. This technique is often used in oil painting, where the different coloured paints are applied directly to the canvas with a palette knife.
   这种技术通常用于油画，其中不同颜色的油漆是直接用调色刀涂在画布上。

noun

1. a spatula used by artists for mixing or applying or scraping off oil paints