blue-pencil
معنی کامل و مثالها
/-pen´sǝl/vt.
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ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
The term 'blue-pencil' originated from the practice of using a blue pencil for editing and censoring written documents.
مثال
- The editor blue-penciled the article to remove sensitive information.
- The government agency blue-pencils classified documents before their release.
- The author was asked to blue-pencil certain sections of the manuscript.
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- cut or eliminate “she edited the juiciest scenes” “Somebody ----s something” “They won't blue-pencil the story”