pencil
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(historical)(now chiefly historical) A paintbrush.
- 2.
A writing utensil with a graphite (commonly referred to as lead) shaft, usually blended with clay, clad in wood, and sharpened to a taper.
Đồng nghĩa: lead pencil
- 3.
(optics) An aggregate or collection of rays of light, especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
- 4.
(geometry) A family of geometric objects with a common property, such as the set of lines that pass through a given point in a projective plane.
- 5.
(obsolete, rare)(medicine, obsolete, rare) A small medicated bougie.
- 6.
(zoology, formerly) A small, thin tuft of hairs or feathers.
- 7.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)(gambling) Ellipsis of power of the pencil.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To write (something) using a pencil.
I penciled (BrE: pencilled) a brief reminder in my notebook.
- 2.
(transitive)To mark with, or as if with, a pencil.
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From - and Old French pincil (see the variant pincel, which gave rise to Modern French pinceau (paintbrush)), from Latin pēnicillum, diminutive of pēniculus (brush), itself a diminutive of pēnis (tail; penis). penis. Not related to pen.