stencil: [14] Stencil was originally a verb, meaning ‘decorate with bright colours’. It came from Old French estenceler ‘cause to sparkle’, a derivative of estencele ‘spark’. This was descended from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, an alteration of Latin scintilla ‘spark’ (source of English scintilla ‘jot’ [17] and scintillate [17]). There are no records of this original verb beyond the 15th century, and the noun stencil ‘sheet with cut-out designs’ did not appear until the early 18th century, but despite the long gap, they are generally assumed to be the same word. => scintillate, tinsel
stencil (n.)
1707, not recorded again until 1848, probably from Middle English stencellen "decorate with bright colors," from Middle French estenceler "cover with sparkles or stars, powder with color," from estencele "spark, spangle" (Modern French étincelle), from Vulgar Latin *stincilla, metathesis of Latin scintilla "spark" (see scintilla).
stencil (v.)
"to produce a design with a stencil," 1861, from stencil (n.). Related: Stenciled; stenciling (1781 as a verbal noun).
实用例句
1. Use a template or stencil or simply do it freehand.
使用样板或模版，或者干脆徒手画。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Serveral of commonly used methods are photoprinting, photoengraving , mechnical engraving, and stencil.
通常所采用的几种储存方法是:影印法 、 照相蚀刻 、 机械雕刻和模板.
来自辞典例句
3. He can stencil the following same shipping mark on all the packages.
他就可以在所有的包装上刷下同样的唛头.
来自辞典例句
4. Stencil an address on a packing case.
用模板在包装箱上印刷地址.
来自辞典例句
5. The stencil that contains the master used to create the drawing.