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stylus

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Recording, Computers
sty·lus /ˈstaɪləs/ noun [countable]  1. TCRthe small pointed part of a record player, that touches the record 〔唱机的〕唱针2. a thing shaped like a pen, used for writing on wax, making marks on metal, writing on a special computer screen etc 〔在蜡板、钢板上刻字的〕尖笔,铁笔;〔在特殊的计算机屏幕上写字的〕触笔
Examples from the Corpus
stylusThe Father General sat at his desk and fingered a stylus.Alexander Bain, the inventor, devised a way of skimming raised metallic letters with a stylus attached to a pendulum.George gestured for Sofia's notebook and stylus.An electrode-bearing stylus is used to read the signals and is in contact with the surface of the disc.The pickup's stylus must faithfully track undulations which are smaller than the wavelength of light.As the stylus is moved over a pattern, the router duplicates the original.Without amplification, cylinders could only be reproduced more loudly by altering the leverage between the stylus and the reproducing diaphragm.
From Longman Business Dictionarystylussty‧lus /ˈstaɪləs/ (also stylus pen) noun (plural styluses or styli /-laɪ/) [countable]COMPUTING something like a pen that you can use for touching a computer screen, or writing on it etcOrigin stylus (1700-1800) Latin stilus; → STYLE1
sty·lus nounChineseSyllable
small pointed Corpus the record part of Business a


stylus
stylus /ˈstaɪləs/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Latin
 Origin: stilus; style1
1. the small pointed part of a record player, that touches the record
2. a thing shaped like a pen, used for writing on wax, making marks on metal, writing on a special computer screen etc


sty·lusBrE /ˈstaɪləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstaɪləs/ 🔊 noun (
plural
sty·luses
or
sty·li BrE /ˈstaɪlaɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstaɪlaɪ/ 🔊
)
a device on a record player that looks like a small needle and is placed on the record in order to play it (唱机的)唱针(computing 计算机) a special pen used to write text or draw an image on a special computer screen 触控笔(用以在电脑屏幕上书写、画画等)