音标：['pensl]
n. 铅笔, 色笔, 眉笔, 画笔, 光线束
vt. 用铅笔写或涂, 草拟
在线英汉词典

pencil的短语、例句：

pencil n 1 (a) [C] instrument for drawing or writing with, consisting of a thin stick of graphite or coloured chalk enclosed in a cylinder of wood or fixed in a metal case 铅笔
[attrib 作定语] a pencil drawing 铅笔画. (b) [U] writing done with a pencil 铅笔字
Should I sign my name in pencil or ink? 我用铅笔还是用钢笔签字?
Pencil rubs out easily. 铅笔写的容易擦掉. 2 [C] (usu in compounds 通常用以构成复合词) thing used or shaped like a pencil 用途或形状似笔之物
an `eyebrow pencil, ie a stick of cosmetic material used by women to darken the eyebrows 眉笔. pencil, v (-ll-; US -l-) 1 [Tn] write, draw or mark (sth) with a pencil 用铅笔写、 画或标记（某物）
She pencilled the rough outline of a house. 她用铅笔画出房子的轮廓图.
pencilled eyebrows 描过的眉毛. 2 (phr v) pencil sth in write (a suggested date, arrangement, etc) provisionally in a diary 在日志中临时记下（建议的日期、 安排等）
Let´s pencil in 3 May for the meeting. 我们把会议日期暂定为5月3日吧.