blue-pencil

[ bloo-pen-suhl ]

/ ˈbluˈpɛn səl /

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verb (used with object), blue-pen·ciled, blue-pen·cil·ing or (especially British) blue-pen·cilled, blue-pen·cil·ling.

to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript.

Origin of blue-pencil

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby blue-pencil

Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note, blue-on-blue, blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox, blue pike, blue pill, blue plate

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Example sentences from the Web for blue-pencil

When he begins to blue-pencil that pay-roll, some one is going to be hungry.
The Modern Railroad|Edward Hungerford
I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery
You blue-pencil out of my poor paragraphs everything that's interesting.
The Dop Doctor|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
He handed a map, with red-pencil and blue-pencil markings, along to von Schlichten.
Uller Uprising|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

Meantime I'll take your advice about my speech, Mac, and blue-pencil the how-to-be-good stuff.
The Clarion|Samuel Hopkins Adams

British Dictionary definitions for blue-pencil

blue pencil

noun

deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work

verb blue-pencil -cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled

(tr) to alter or delete parts of (a book, film, etc), esp to censor

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单词	blue-pencil
释义	blue-pencil [ bloo-pen-suhl ] / ˈbluˈpɛn səl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blue-pencil ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), blue-pen·ciled, blue-pen·cil·ing or (especially British) blue-pen·cilled, blue-pen·cil·ling. to alter, abridge, or cancel with or as with a pencil that has blue lead, as in editing a manuscript. Origin of blue-pencil First recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby blue-pencil Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note, blue-on-blue, blue-pencil, blue peter, blue phlox, blue pike, blue pill, blue plate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for blue-pencil When he begins to blue-pencil that pay-roll, some one is going to be hungry. The Modern Railroad\|Edward Hungerford I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908\|Lucy Maud Montgomery You blue-pencil out of my poor paragraphs everything that's interesting. The Dop Doctor\|Clotilde Inez Mary Graves He handed a map, with red-pencil and blue-pencil markings, along to von Schlichten. Uller Uprising\|Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr Meantime I'll take your advice about my speech, Mac, and blue-pencil the how-to-be-good stuff. The Clarion\|Samuel Hopkins Adams British Dictionary definitions for blue-pencil blue pencil noun deletion, alteration, or censorship of the contents of a book or other work verb blue-pencil -cils, -cilling or -cilled or US -cils, -ciling or -ciled (tr) to alter or delete parts of (a book, film, etc), esp to censor Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to blue-pencil tighten, cut, overhaul, reexamine, scrutinize, rewrite, amend, review, develop, modify, update, compare, revamp, reorganize, upgrade, reconsider, rework, alter, improve, blacklist
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