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pencil

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铅笔,色笔,画笔用铅笔写或涂

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pencil \Pen"cil\, n. [OF. pincel, F. pinceau, L. penicillum,
   penicillus, equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. Cf.
   {Penicil}.]
   1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters
      for laying on colors.

            With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   2. A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk,
      slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a
      small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case,
      which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See
      {Graphite}.

   3. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar
      manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
      artist, descriptive writer, etc.

   4. (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light,
      especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.

   5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the
      point of intersection being called the pencil point.

   6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.

   {Pencil case}, a holder for pencil lead.

   {Pencil flower} (Bot.), an American perennial leguminous herb
      ({Stylosanthes elatior}).

   {Pencil lead}, a slender rod of black lead, or the like,
      adapted for insertion in a holder.

Pencil \Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penciled}or {Pencilled};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Penciling} or {Pencilling}.]
   To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
   --Cowper.

         Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --Harte.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pencil
     n 1: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of
          marking substance encased in wood
     2: graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to
        be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in
        pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"
     3: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays
        meeting at a point
     4: a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a
        particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"
     [also: {pencilling}, {pencilled}]

pencil
     v : write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
     [also: {pencilling}, {pencilled}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

PENCIL
     
        Pictorial ENCodIng Language.  On-line system to display line
        structures.  Sammet 1969, 675.
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