• n. 鉛筆；筆狀物
• vt. 用鉛筆寫；用眉筆涂
• vi. 成鉛筆狀

來自拉丁語penicillus,刷子，畫家用小毛刷，毛筆，來自penis,尾巴，詞源同penis,penicillin.

-cill,小詞后綴。字面意思即小尾巴，后引申詞義小毛刷，因小毛刷在古代也用于寫字，最后用于指現(xiàn)代意義上石墨制成的鉛筆。

pencil

pencil: [14] Etymologically, a pencil is a ‘little penis’. It originally denoted a ‘paintbrush’ – the current sense ‘writing implement filled with a graphite rod’ did not emerge until the 17th century – and came via Old French pincel from Vulgar Latin *pēnicellum, an alteration of Latin pēnicillum ‘paintbrush’. This was a diminutive form of pēniculus ‘brush’, which was in turn a diminutive of pēnis. Pēnis originally meant ‘tail’ (whence the metaphor of the ‘brush’), and only by extension was it used for ‘male sex organ’ (in which sense English adopted it as penis [17]).

The term penicillin [20] was based on Latin pēnicillum, in allusion to the tuft-like shape of its spore-bearing structures.
=> penicillin, penis

pencil (n.)

early 14c., "an artist's fine brush of camel hair," from Old French pincel "artist's paintbrush" (13c., Modern French pinceau), from Latin penicillus "painter's brush, hair-pencil," literally "little tail," diminutive of peniculus "brush," itself a diminutive of penis "tail" (see penis). Small brushes formerly were used for writing before modern lead or chalk pencils; meaning "graphite writing implement" apparently evolved late 16c. Derogatory slang pencil-pusher "office worker" is from 1881; pencil neck "weak person" first recorded 1973.

pencil (v.)

1530s, "to mark or sketch with a pencil-brush," from pencil (n.). In reference to lead pencils from 1760s. Related: Penciled; penciling. To pencil (something) in "arrange tentatively" is attested from 1942.

1. He picked up a pencil and toyed with it idly.

他撿起一支鉛筆，無所事事地擺弄著。

來自柯林斯例句

2. With a lip pencil, outline lips and fill them in.

用唇線筆勾出雙唇的輪廓，然后涂上唇膏。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Give your brows extra definition with Outdoor Girl'sEyebrow Pencil in Brown.

用“戶外女孩”品牌的棕色眉筆更加清晰地勾勒出眉形。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Ridley picked up a pencil and fiddled with it.

里德利拿起一支鉛筆，不停地在手里擺弄著。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.

用鉛筆向上短短地勾畫幾道來填充空白。

來自柯林斯例句