pencil

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pen·cil1 /ˈpensəl/ ●●● S2 noun [countable, uncountable]  1  DHWRITEan instrument that you use for writing or drawing, consisting of a wooden stick with a thin piece of a black or coloured substance in the middle 铅笔 a sharp pencil 尖尖的铅笔 a blue pencil 蓝色铅笔in pencil a note written in pencil 用铅笔写的便条 a pencil sketch 铅笔速写 → eyebrow pencil →4  See picture on 见图 Page A8 In the office 办公室里 →4  See picture of 见图 STATIONERY →5 see picture at 见图 office, stationery

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pencil• Anyone got a pencil and paper?• Friedman argued that no single person, even a Nobel laureate, could make a pencil.• As the children arrive, give them a pencil and paper and ask them to join one of three or four groups.• Another picture, a pen and pencil drawing, is a more devastating exposure still.• The teacher's cool pencil charts normal against the brown of the girl's cheek.• There were several colors of pencils, even a slide rule, at which she was frowning.• a red pencil• Let the students see that the student is able to cover both sides without lifting the pencil.in pencil• Do the math problems in pencil , not pen.pencil2 verb (pencilled, pencilling British English, penciled, penciling American English) [transitive]  1 WRITEto write something or make a mark with a pencil 用铅笔写[标记] a name pencilled on the envelope 用铅笔写在信封上的名字2 pencil somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb ARRANGE A MEETING, EVENT ETCto make an arrangement for a meeting or other event, knowing that it might have to be changed later 暂定；暂时安排〔会面等〕 Pickford has been pencilled in as Robson’s replacement. 皮克福德被暂定为罗布森的接替者。→ See Verb table

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pencil• With clear signs of a recovery, analysts are pencilling in a modest profit for the full year.• A hearing has been pencilled in for September 17.• Hoare said last night it now expected to be trimming its full year forecast back from the £30m pencilled in so far.• We may pencil in the forest and the ponds.• She can pencil in the weight she hopes to be at the end of each month.• I found her name penciled inside the back cover of the book.• We wander through it like Casaubon, clutching lists we've pencilled on the backs of envelopes.Origin pencil1 (1300-1400) Old French pincel “paintbrush”, from Latin penicillus “little tail”, from penis; → PENIS

pen·cil1 nounpencil2 verbChineseSyllable  

an writing Corpus you for that use instrument

pencil

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pen‧cil¹ S2 /ˈpensəl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
an instrument that you use for writing or drawing, consisting of a wooden stick with a thin piece of a black or coloured substance in the middle:
    a sharp pencil
    a blue pencil
    in pencil
    a note written in pencil
    a pencil sketch ⇨ eyebrow pencil

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pencil² verb (past tense and past participle pencilled, present participle pencilling British English, penciled, penciling American English) [transitive]
to write something or make a mark with a pencil:
    a name pencilled on the envelope
     
pencil somebody/something ↔ in phrasal verb
  to make an arrangement for a meeting or other event, knowing that it might have to be changed later:
    Pickford has been pencilled in as Robson’s replacement.