| 单词 | pencil sharpener |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspencil sharpener pencil sharpener n. a device for sharpening a pencil, usually by rotating it against a cutting edge. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > writing materials > other writing equipment > [noun] > for renewing point, etc. > for sharpening pencils pencil sharpener1850 pencil-knife1926 1850 Rep. 6th Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 124 Shaver's Patent Eraser, Burnisher, and Pencil Sharpener, combined. An ingenious combination, worthy of notice. 1932 H. Miller Let. 18 July in A. Nin & H. Miller Literate Passion (1989) 67 There was a man beating a drum with a mechanical drumstick—he turned something like a pencil sharpener. 1990 J. Mayer If you haven't got Time to do it Right 147 Now we have..electronic mail, voice mail, fax machines..and even electric pencil sharpeners. < as lemmas |
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