/'stensl; `stɛnsl/
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.

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].