pencil/'pens(ə)l/ (pencilled, pencilled; pencilling英, penciled, penciled; penciling美 )

vt

1. 用铅笔写(或画、记)

• pencil a letter 用铅笔写信

2. 草拟

词组pencil in

1. 用铅笔添入(或填入)

2. (匆匆地)把…列入；安排

• pencil in an increase in the budget 追加预算

• The date for their departure is penciled in for late July. 他们出发的日期定在7月末。

3. 草拟；绘…的草图

• pencil in a contract 草拟一份合同