stencil
stencil — noun
1. A stencil is a thin flat piece of plastic, metal, or cardboard that has shapes o
A stencil is a thin flat piece of plastic, metal, or cardboard that has shapes or letters cut through it. You put it against a wall, fabric, or paper and then brush or spray paint across the openings. The paint goes through the cut areas and leaves a copy of the shape on the material underneath.
Brandon cut a leaf shape from cardboard to use as a stencil for art class.
use [object] as a stencil
The teacher handed each student a plastic stencil with the letters of the alphabet.
Lien bought a stencil of birds and flowers to decorate her bedroom wall.
After using the stencil several times, Asher cleaned the paint off with warm water.
Make a stencil by printing a design and cutting the outline with a knife.
常見錯誤
2. A mark, image, or piece of text that appears on a surface after paint or ink has
A mark, image, or piece of text that appears on a surface after paint or ink has been applied through a cut-out template and the template has been lifted away.
The walls of the shop were covered with colourful stencils of leaves and vines.
stencil + on [surface] (the finished design)
Tanvi pointed at the stencil above the door — a blue circle with a star inside.
Each stencil on the fabric was painted in a different shade of green and gold.
Renata framed the stencil her daughter had made at the Saturday craft workshop.
- print
More general — produced by any printing method; a stencil is a specific kind of print made through a cut-out template.
- design
Can refer to any decorative motif drawn by hand; a stencil is always the physical result of printing through a template.
- pattern
Often implies repetition; a stencil may be a single image or a repeating motif.
用法筆記
This sense refers to the finished pattern or image, not the tool used to create it. Compare with sense 1 (CUT-OUT TEMPLATE).
stencil — verb
1. To create a pattern, letter, or picture by laying a cut-out template on a surfac
To create a pattern, letter, or picture by laying a cut-out template on a surface and brushing, spraying, or rolling paint or ink over the template so that the design is transferred to the surface underneath.
Selim stencilled the name of his boat onto the wooden sign in white paint.
stencil [design] onto [surface]
The children stencilled tiny hand prints all along the border of the classroom wall.
stencil + along + border (positioning)
Ife decided to stencil a repeating diamond pattern across the kitchen cupboard doors.
Mathieu carefully stencilled a row of red poppies around the edge of the tablecloth.
Quinn learned how to stencil letters onto fabric using special paint and a foam brush.
- freehand
Drawing or painting without any guide or template — the opposite of using a stencil.
文法句型
stencil + noun phrase (the design)
stencil + noun phrase + onto + surface
stencil + noun phrase + across/along/around + surface
用法筆記
Often used with an object naming the design (stencil a pattern) or a location (stencil a wall). The past tense can be spelled stencilled (British) or stenciled (American).