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单词 penknife
释义

pen1 /pen/

noun
  1. An instrument used for writing (with ink or otherwise), formerly made of a quill, but now of other materials
  2. A nib
  3. A nib with a holder
  4. Writing
  5. Literary style
  6. An author
  7. A hand-held electronic device applied to a screen to enter data in a computer
  8. See also light pen under light1(computing)
  9. A large feather
  10. A flight-feather
  11. A quill
  12. A cuttle-bone
transitive verb (pennˈing; penned)

To write, to commit to paper

ORIGIN: OFr penne, from L penna a feather

penˈful noun

  1. As much ink as a pen can take at a dip
  2. As much as the reservoir of a fountain pen can hold
  3. What can be written with one dip of ink

penned adjective

  1. Written
  2. Quilled

pennˈer noun (archaic)

A case for carrying pens

penˈ-and-inkˈ noun

  1. Writing materials
  2. A pen drawing

adjective

  1. Writing
  2. Written
  3. (of a drawing) executed with pen and ink

penˈ-case noun

A receptacle for a pen or pens

penˈcraft noun

  1. Penmanship
  2. The art of composition

penˈ-driver noun

A clerk

penˈ-feather noun

  1. A quill feather
  2. A pin feather (dialect)

penˈ-feathered adjective

pen friend or pen pal noun

An otherwise unknown person (usu abroad) with whom one corresponds

penˈ-gun noun (Scot)

A popgun made of a quill

penˈholder noun

A rod on which a nib may be fixed

penˈknife noun

  1. Orig a knife for making or mending pens
  2. A small pocket knife with folding blade or blades

penˈlight noun

A small pen-shaped electric torch (penlight battery a long, thin battery, as used in a penlight)

penˈman noun

  1. (also fem penˈwoman) a person skilled in handwriting
  2. A writer or author

penˈmanship noun

pen name noun

A writer's assumed name

penˈ-pusher noun (informal)

A clerk who does boring, routine writing

penˈ-wiper noun

A piece of cloth, leather, etc, for wiping ink from pens

talk like a pen-gun

To chatter volubly

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