crayon
英 [ˈkreɪən]
美 [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
助记提示
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.
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.
双语例句
- 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