• vt. （雕刻）點(diǎn)刻；點(diǎn)彩
• n. （繪畫(huà)）點(diǎn)畫(huà)；點(diǎn)刻法
• vi. 用點(diǎn)刻；用點(diǎn)畫(huà)

來(lái)自荷蘭語(yǔ) stippelen,點(diǎn)畫(huà)，點(diǎn)涂，反復(fù)格于 stippen,刺，打點(diǎn)，來(lái)自 stip,一點(diǎn)，來(lái)自 PIE*steip, 擴(kuò)大形式于 PIE*stei,刺，插，詞源同 stipple,sting,stimulus.后用于指一種繪畫(huà)技巧。

stipple (v.)

"paint with dots," 1670s, from Dutch stippelen "to make points," frequentative of stippen "to prick, speckle," from stip "a point," perhaps ultimately from PIE root *st(e)ig- "pointed" (see stick (v.)), or from *steip- "to stick, compress." Related: Stippled; stippling.