英语词汇“pencil”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pen·cil

(pĕnsəl)

1. A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder.

2. Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick: an eyebrow pencil.

a. A style or technique in drawing or delineating.

b. Descriptive skill: "His characters are drawn with a strong pencil" (Henry Hallam).

c. An artist's brush, especially a fine one.

4. Physics A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder.

5. Mathematics A family of geometric objects, such as lines, that have a common property, such as passage through a given line in a given plane.

tr.v. pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing, pen·cils also pen·cilled or pen·cil·ling

1. To write or produce by using a pencil.

2. To mark or color with or as if with a pencil.

Phrasal Verbs:

pencil in

1. To schedule tentatively: penciled in a staff meeting for 3:00.

2. To schedule a tentative appointment with: penciled him in for lunch next Monday.

pencil out

1. To calculate or estimate (projected profits and losses or other figures): penciled out the likely sales for the new product.

2. To appear likely to be of sufficient benefit to justify the projected costs: rejected the proposed merger because it failed to pencil out.

[Middle English pencel, artist's brush, from Old French pincel, peincel, from Vulgar Latin *pēnicellus, alteration of Latin pēnicillus, diminutive of pēniculus; see pes- in the Appendix of Indo-European rootsdiminutive of pēnis, tail, brush; see pes- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

pencil·er, pencil·ler n.

单词	pencil
释义	pen·cil (pĕnsəl) n. 1. A narrow, generally cylindrical implement for writing, drawing, or marking, consisting of a thin rod of graphite, colored wax, or similar substance encased in wood or held in a mechanical holder. 2. Something shaped or used like a pencil, especially a narrow medicated or cosmetic stick: an eyebrow pencil. 3. a. A style or technique in drawing or delineating. b. Descriptive skill: "His characters are drawn with a strong pencil" (Henry Hallam). c. An artist's brush, especially a fine one. 4. Physics A beam of radiant energy in the form of a narrow cone or cylinder. 5. Mathematics A family of geometric objects, such as lines, that have a common property, such as passage through a given line in a given plane. tr.v. pen·ciled, pen·cil·ing, pen·cils also pen·cilled or pen·cil·ling 1. To write or produce by using a pencil. 2. To mark or color with or as if with a pencil. *Phrasal Verbs:* *pencil in* 1. To schedule tentatively: penciled in a staff meeting for 3:00. 2. To schedule a tentative appointment with: penciled him in for lunch next Monday. *pencil out* 1. To calculate or estimate (projected profits and losses or other figures): penciled out the likely sales for the new product. 2. To appear likely to be of sufficient benefit to justify the projected costs: rejected the proposed merger because it failed to pencil out. [Middle English pencel, artist's brush, from Old French pincel, peincel, from Vulgar Latin pēnicellus, alteration of Latin pēnicillus, diminutive of pēniculus; see pes- in the Appendix of Indo-European rootsdiminutive of pēnis, tail, brush; see pes- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pencil·er, pencil·ler* n.
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