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古代欧洲人还曾经和我们中国人一样使用毛笔来写字或画画，在拉丁语中把这种毛笔称为penicillus，是peniculus（brush，刷子）的指小形式，字面意思就是“小刷子”。英语单词pencil就来源于此。后来，人们发明了用木头和石墨制成的笔，但仍袭用了pencil这个叫法。由于把石墨误认为是铅（lead），所以最初将这种笔称为lead pencil，后来直接简称为pencil。因此，我国至今仍把这种石墨制成的笔叫做“铅笔”。=pencil['pens(?)l；-s?l]n铅笔vt.用铅笔写Pencil则是从拉丁词pencillum而来。意思是“小尾巴”，指的是过去有一个时期西欧人也用毛笔写字，那种毛笔确实很象小尾巴。后来，人们发明用木头和石墨制成笔，但仍袭用了pencil这个叫法，起初还在前面冠上了lead（铅）一词，其实石墨并不是铅，我国至今不是仍把这种石墨制成的笔叫做“铅笔”吗？
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小知识
If you want to write something you can easily erase, write it with a pencil (instead of with a pen). When you color in the bubbles on a standardized test, a #2 pencil is the way to go.
Unlike pens, which use ink, pencils have a pointed cylinder of graphite that makes marks on paper. Most pencils are wood with a thin center of graphite, although mechanical pencils are made of metal or plastic and look more like pens. You might describe an artwork as a pencil drawing, or ask if you can pencil some notes in the margins of your friend's copy of “Moby Dick.” When you “pencil something in,” you mark it tentatively on your calendar, knowing you might have to erase it later if your plans change.
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单词用法
单词解说1
pencil是可数名词，基本意思是“铅笔”，尤指木杆铅芯的铅笔，表示“用铅笔画或写”时用介词with或in。
单词解说2
pencil引申可表示“笔状物”，用于光学，还可作“光线锥”解。
近似单词
council n.地方议会；委员会；理事会