crayon
英式英标[ˈkreɪən]
美式音标[ˈkreɪən]
n. 蜡笔，有色粉笔
vt. 以蜡笔作画，用颜色粉笔画
n. (Crayon)人名；(英)克雷恩
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中文词源crayon 彩色粉笔
来自拉丁词creta, 粉笔，石灰，见Cretaceous, 白垩纪。
英文词源crayon (n.)1640s, from French crayon "pencil" (16c.), originally "chalk pencil," from craie "chalk," from Latin creta "chalk, pipe-clay," which is of unknown origin. Not now considered to mean "Cretan earth," as once was believed.
中文解释1. c (音“刻”) + ray + on => 把五彩的光线刻在上面。=》为什么我们看到的是彩色蜡笔，是因为它反射的光线在我们的眼里呈现的是彩色。2. 对比：terra cotta: 赤土；terra creta：白土、白垩。3. Latin creta "chalk" => crayon, cretaceous.4. The Latin word for "chalk" was creta.5. Latin creta "chalk, pipe-clay" => cray- (很像“clay”, 意思也差不多，用白色、彩色的黏土画画儿) + -on => crayon.6. 蜡笔小新: Crayon Shin-chan.7. 韩国女子组合: 蜡笔团(Crayon Pop).8. clay + on, gray + on => crayon.
实用例句1. The mother sponged crayon marks off. 母亲用湿海绵擦去了痕迹. 来自《简明英汉词典》 2. He coloured the picture with a yellow crayon. 他用黄蜡笔给画着色. 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 3. He coloured the picture with crayon. 他用蜡笔给画上色. 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》 4. The crayon had been worn down to a stub. 这枝蜡笔用得只剩一小段了. 来自辞典例句 5. Shirley dropped the crayon as if it burned her fingers. 谢利连忙放下铅笔,仿佛它烫了她的手指似的. 来自辞典例句
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