a thin piece of metal, plastic or card with a design cut out of it, that you put onto a surface and paint over so that the design is left on the surface; the pattern or design that is produced in this way （印文字或图案用的）模板；（用模板印的）文字，图案 Word Originearly 18th cent.: from earlier stansel ‘ornament with various colours’ (based on Latin scintilla ‘spark’).