stencil

stencil
noun
  1. 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。
(stencilled, stencilling; stenciled, stenciling)
  1. [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
  1. early 18th cent.: from earlier stansel 'ornament with various colours' (based on Latin scintilla 'spark')
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