| 单词 | stencil |
| 释义 | stencil —stenciler; esp. Brit., stenciller, n. /sten"seuhl/, n. , v. , stenciled, stenciling or (esp. Brit.) stencilled, stencilling. n. 1. a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface. 2. the letters, designs, etc., produced on a surface by this method. v.t. 3. to mark or paint (a surface) by means of a stencil. 4. to produce (letters, figures, designs, etc.) by means of a stencil. [1375-1425; earlier stanesile, late ME stansele to ornament with diverse colors or spangles < MF estanceler, deriv. of estencele a spark, ornamental spangle < VL *stincilla, metathetic var. of L scintilla SCINTILLA] |
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