| 单词 | pencil |
| 释义 | pencil —penciler; esp. Brit., penciller, n. —pencillike, adj. /pen"seuhl/, n. , v. , penciled, penciling or (esp. Brit.) pencilled, pencilling. n. 1. a slender tube of wood, metal, plastic, etc., containing a core or strip of graphite, a solid coloring material, or the like, used for writing or drawing. 2. a stick of cosmetic coloring material for use on the eyebrows, eyelids, etc. 3. anything shaped or used like a pencil, as a stick of medicated material: a styptic pencil. 4. a narrow set of lines, light rays, or the like, diverging from or converging to a point: a pencil of sunlight. 5. a slender, pointed piece of a substance used for marking. 6. style or skill in drawing or delineation: He favored the late products of the artist's pencil. 7. Math. the collection of lines, planes, or surfaces passing through a given point or set of points and satisfying a given equation or condition. 8. Archaic. an artist's paintbrush, esp. for fine work. v.t. 9. to write, draw, mark, or color with, or as if with, a pencil. 10. to use a pencil on. 11. pencil in, to schedule or list tentatively, as or as if by writing down in pencil rather than in ink: I'll pencil you in for ten o'clock. [1350-1400; ME pencel < MF pincel << L penicillus painter's brush or pencil, dim. of peniculus little tail. See PENIS, -CULE1] |
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