| 单词 | blue pencil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue pencil blue pencil n. a pencil with a blue lead, used esp. in marking corrections, cuts, etc.In quot. 1940 as a euphemistic replacement for an oath: cf. blank n. 12b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > [noun] > device for erasing > pencil blue pencil1893 1845 M. J. Howell Hand-bk. Dress-making 15 Mark round the pattern with a blue pencil. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 167 The blue pencil plunged remorselessly through the slips. 1899 Daily News 17 Feb. The actor will have a better chance after the blue pencil has eliminated the unnecessary verbiage in the dialogue. 1940 New Statesman 13 Apr. 491/2 They certainly are blue-pencil unpopular with a lot of people in wartime. 1998 B. Day N. Coward: Compl. Lyrics 117/2 Having tried it, he realised that it would be too difficult to rebuild the dramatic tension in time for the duel—and out came the blue pencil. < as lemmas |
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