資料來源 : pyDict
鉛筆,色筆,畫筆用鉛筆寫或塗
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pencil \Pen"cil\, n. [OF. pincel, F. pinceau, L. penicillum,
penicillus, equiv. to peniculus, dim. of penis a tail. Cf.
{Penicil}.]
1. A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters
for laying on colors.
With subtile pencil depainted was this storie.
--Chaucer.
2. A slender cylinder or strip of black lead, colored chalk,
slate etc., or such a cylinder or strip inserted in a
small wooden rod intended to be pointed, or in a case,
which forms a handle, -- used for drawing or writing. See
{Graphite}.
3. Hence, figuratively, an artist's ability or peculiar
manner; also, in general, the act or occupation of the
artist, descriptive writer, etc.
4. (Opt.) An aggregate or collection of rays of light,
especially when diverging from, or converging to, a point.
5. (Geom.) A number of lines that intersect in one point, the
point of intersection being called the pencil point.
6. (Med.) A small medicated bougie.
{Pencil case}, a holder for pencil lead.
{Pencil flower} (Bot.), an American perennial leguminous herb
({Stylosanthes elatior}).
{Pencil lead}, a slender rod of black lead, or the like,
adapted for insertion in a holder.
Pencil \Pen"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Penciled}or {Pencilled};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Penciling} or {Pencilling}.]
To write or mark with a pencil; to paint or to draw.
--Cowper.
Where nature pencils butterflies on flowers. --Harte.
資料來源 : WordNet®
pencil
n 1: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of
marking substance encased in wood
2: graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to
be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in
pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"
3: a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays
meeting at a point
4: a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a
particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"
[also: {pencilling}, {pencilled}]
pencil
v : write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"
[also: {pencilling}, {pencilled}]
資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
PENCIL
Pictorial ENCodIng Language. On-line system to display line
structures. Sammet 1969, 675.