| 单词 | pencil |
| 释义 | pencil (once / 399 pages) 1nv 2n If you want to write something you can easily erase, write it with a pencil (instead of with a pen). When you color in the bubbles on a standardized test, a #2 pencil is the way to go. Unlike pens, which use ink, pencils have a pointed cylinder of graphite that makes marks on paper. Most pencils are wood with a thin center of graphite, although mechanical pencils are made of metal or plastic and look more like pens. You might describe an artwork as a pencil drawing, or ask if you can pencil some notes in the margins of your friend's copy of "Moby Dick." When you "pencil something in," you mark it tentatively on your calendar, knowing you might have to erase it later if your plans change. WORD FAMILYpencil: penciled, penciling, pencilling, pencils USAGE EXAMPLESTo begin, Ms. Bower draws preliminary designs in a sketchbook with a pencil. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “I still use paper and pencil, and keep my calendar posted in the kitchen,” despite her kids’ suggestion that she put it online. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) He wrote longhand with a pen or pencil, producing 1,000 words a day. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood Hypo|Hyper lead pencil pencil that has graphite as the marking substance slate pencila pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate writing implement an implement that is used to write 2n 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 Hyper black lead, graphite, plumbago used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors 3n a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face an eyebrow pencil Hyper cosmetic a toiletry designed to beautify the body 4v write, draw, or trace with a pencil 2he penciled a figure Hyper draw represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface n a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point Hyper figure a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape |
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