pencil/'pensəl/

n. a long thin piece of wood with a black or coloured substance in the middle that you use to draw or write

n. [C; U] 铅笔：Please give him a sharp pencil and some paper. 请给他一支削尖的铅笔和一些纸。

◇She wrote me the letter in pencil. 她用铅笔给我写了这封信。

构词pen + cil

常犯错误

✗ The picture was drawn in a pencil.

✓ The picture was drawn in pencil.

这幅图是用铅笔画的。