| 单词 | red-pencil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred-pencil red-pencil v. transitive (a) to mark or circle (a piece of text, etc.) in red as interesting or noteworthy; (b) to mark in red as erroneous or unacceptable; to correct or delete (a piece of written work). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > textual criticism > practise textual criticism [verb (transitive)] > emend > mark as erroneous red-pencil1922 1922 T. L. Masson Our Amer. Humorists xxxv. 360 After Jim had red penciled all the promising news stories, he took his writing pad and wrote a brief summary of the stories. 1959 Encounter Dec. 29/1 I have been red-pencilling student papers for a good many years. 1966 Eng. Stud. 47 116 There are many teachers of English who look upon the adjective corny as a word to be red-penciled whenever it turns up in a student paper. 1993 Jet (Nexis) 17 May 12 The President and the first lady red penciled an article in the group's newsletter Focus years ago for him to read and since then, he has been a loyal reader. 1998 N.Y. Times 3 Sept. a28/4 Such preposterous declarations would have been red-penciled by my English professor at the University of Michigan. < as lemmas |
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