stencil
n[C]
1 thin sheet of metal, cardboard, etc with a design or letters cut out of it, used for putting this design, etc onto a surface when ink or paint is applied to it (镂有图案或文字供印刷用的)模版, 型版; 蜡版.
2 design, lettering, etc produced in this way 用模版印出的图案或文字
decorate a wall with flower stencils 用模版印花图案装饰墙壁.
3 waxed sheet from which a stencil is made by a typewriter 打字蜡纸
cut a stencil 在蜡纸上打字. stencil, v (-ll-; US also -l-) [I, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (A on B/B with A) produce (a design, lettering, etc) by using a stencil; mark (a surface) with a stencil 用模版或蜡纸印刷(图案、 文字等); 在(某物表面)印上模版图案或文字
Do you know how to stencil? 你会用模版印图吗?
stencil a pattern on cloth/stencil cloth with a pattern 把图案印在布上[给布印上图案].
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间,老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人,因为失业的人数一直在增长。
He felt free to talk about his failures or his difficulties.