| 单词 | to pencil in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pencil in c. transitive. to pencil in: (a) to note, register, or arrange (a date, meeting, etc.) provisionally or tentatively; to make a provisional arrangement with (a person); (b) to write down or fill in with a pencil. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > arrange > provisionally or tentatively to pencil in1898 1898 in J. R. Ware Passing Eng. Victorian Era (1909) 194/1 Mr Charles Warner, who..is, as the phrase goes ‘pencilling in dates’ as fast as a manager can. 1926 Billboard 11 Sept. 36/4 Benjamin David..indicated he had a number of other acts under his direction ‘penciled in’. 1959 Times 22 June 4/2 He is a name to pencil in for the future. 1964 A. S. Byatt Shadow of Sun xvi. 307 He began..to pencil in comments, corrections, alternative phrases in the blank pages he left opposite his text. 1991 A. Carter Wise Children (1992) i. 27 She always pencilled in a big, black beauty spot below the left-hand corner of her mouth. 2003 Guardian (Nexis) 19 Nov. (Sport section) 34 Ferguson had been pencilled in to return after flu in last night's reserve fixture with Aston Villa, but was absent from Bellefield yesterday. < as lemmas |
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