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
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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。
英语词源
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.
权威例句
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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