crayon
英 [?kre??n]
美 [?kre??n]
- n. 蠟筆，有色粉筆
- vt. 以蠟筆作畫，用顏色粉筆畫
- n. (Crayon)人名；(英)克雷恩
助記提示
1. c (音“刻”) + ray + on => 把五彩的光線刻在上面。=》為什么我們看到的是彩色蠟筆，是因?yàn)樗瓷涞墓饩€在我們的眼里呈現(xiàn)的是彩色。
2. 對比：terra cotta: 赤土；terra creta：白土、白堊。
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、彩色的黏土畫畫兒) + -on => crayon.
6. 蠟筆小新: Crayon Shin-chan.
7. 韓國女子組合: 蠟筆團(tuán)(Crayon Pop).
8. clay + on, gray + on => crayon.
中文詞源
crayon 彩色粉筆來自拉丁詞creta, 粉筆，石灰，見Cretaceous, 白堊紀(jì)。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The mother sponged crayon marks off.
- 母親用濕海綿擦去了痕跡.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He coloured the picture with a yellow crayon.
- 他用黃蠟筆給畫著色.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. He coloured the picture with crayon.
- 他用蠟筆給畫上色.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. The crayon had been worn down to a stub.
- 這枝蠟筆用得只剩一小段了.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Shirley dropped the crayon as if it burned her fingers.
- 謝利連忙放下鉛筆,仿佛它燙了她的手指似的.
來自辭典例句