stylus
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
— [T]he pleasure of writing on wax with a stylus is exemplified by the fine, flowing hand of a Roman scribe who made out the birth certificate of Herennia Gemella, born March 128 AD.
- An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.; A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing.
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An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.; A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
— Use the stylus to scroll up and down the list or flip through the pages left and right.
- A hard-pointed pen-shaped instrument for marking on stencils used in a mimeograph machine.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.
- A hard point, typically of diamond or sapphire, following a groove in a phonograph and transmitting the recorded sound for reproduction.; A pointed device formerly used to produce a groove in a record when recording sound.
- A tool for making small dots on a piece of heavy paper, used to produce Braille writing for the blind by hand.
- Synonym of style.
词源
Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.
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