a thin sheet of card, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes (印刷图案或文字的)模板;(油印用的)蜡纸 ■a design produced by such a sheet (用模板或蜡纸印成的)图案 a floral stencil around the top of the room. 房间顶部的花形图案。
[with obj.]decorate (a surface) with such a design 用模板印制的图案装饰 the walls had been stencilled with designs. 墙壁是用模板印制的图案装饰的。 [as noun stencilling]the art of stencilling. 用模板印制图案的艺术。 ■produce (a design) with a stencil 用模板印刷(图案) stencil a border around the door. 用模板在门周围印一个边。 [as adj. stencilled]the stencilled letters. 印刷字母。
语源
early 18th cent.: from earlier stansel 'ornament with various colours' (based on Latin scintilla 'spark')