stencil
['stensil]
n. 模版, 蜡纸

vt. 蜡纸印, 模版印刷



stencil
stencilled, stencilling
[ noun ]

1. a sheet of material (metal, plastic, cardboard, waxed paper, silk, etc.) that has been perforated with a pattern (printing or a design); ink or paint can pass through the perforations to create the printed pattern on the surface below

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

1. mark or print with a stencil

<verb.creation>

Stencil \Sten"cil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stenciled}or
{Stencilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stenciling} or {Stencilling}.]
To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or
print by means of a stencil.


Stencil \Sten"cil\, n. [Probably from OF. estincelle spangle,
spark, F. ['e]tincelle spark, L. scintilla. See
{Scintillate}, and cf. {Tinsel}.]
A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in
painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate,
which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the
color brushed over it. Called also {stencil plate}.