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- a thin sheet of card, plastic, or metal with a pattern or letters cut out of it, used to produce the cut design on the surface below by the application of ink or paint through the holes（印刷图案或文字的）模板; （油印用的）蜡纸。
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- a design produced by such a sheet（用模板或蜡纸印成的）图案：
a floral stencil around the top of the room.
房间顶部的花形图案。
(stencilled, stencilling; <美> stenciled, stenciling) with obj.
1- decorate (a surface) with such a design用模板印制的图案装饰：
the walls had been stencilled with designs
墙壁是用模板印制的图案装饰的
as noun stencilling the art of stencilling.用模板印制图案的艺术。
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- produce (a design) with a stencil用模板印刷（图案）：
stencil a border around the door
用模板在门周边印一圈图案
as adj. stencilled the stencilled letters.印刷字母。
词源
early 18th cent.: from earlier stansel 'ornament with various colours' （based on Latin scintilla 'spark'）.