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Pastel Pale Small Coloured Drawing Picture ˈpæstl Pæˈstel

Pastel can refer to pale, soft colors; drawing sticks made of chalk; or a picture created using these materials.

Pastel can refer to pale, soft colors; drawing sticks made of chalk; or a picture created using these materials.

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Collins
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/pæ̱st(ə)l, AM pæste̱l/
1
[ADJ 形容词](色彩)淡的,柔和的 Pastel colours are pale rather than dark or bright.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...delicate pastel shades.

    淡雅的色调

  • ...pastel pink, blue, peach and green.

    淡粉色、蓝色、桃红色和绿色

  • ...pretty pastel-coloured houses.

    色调淡雅的漂亮房子

  • Pastel is also a noun.
    • The lobby is decorated in pastels.

      大厅用浅色装饰。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]彩色粉笔 Pastels are also small sticks of different coloured chalks that are used for drawing pictures.
  [usu pl]
  • ...pastels and charcoal.

    彩色粉笔和木炭笔

  • ...the portrait in pastels.

    用彩色粉笔画的肖像

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]彩色粉笔画;彩粉画 A pastel is a picture that has been done using pastels.
  • ...Degas's paintings, pastels, and prints.

    德加的油画、彩粉画和版画

  • ...a pastel by Toulouse-Lautrec.

    土鲁斯-劳特累克的彩粉画

  • ...a pastel drawing.

    彩粉画


Oxford pas·tel / ˈpæstl ; NAmE pæˈstel / noun 1 [uncountable ] soft coloured chalk,used for drawing pictures 彩色粉笔;蜡笔 drawings in pastel 蜡笔画 2 pastels [plural ] small sticks of chalk 粉笔 a box of pastels 一盒粉笔 3 [countable ] a picture drawn with pastels 彩色粉笔画;蜡笔画 collocationsat
art
4 [countable ] a pale delicate colour 淡雅的色彩 The whole house was painted in soft pastels. 整座房屋都漆成柔和淡雅的色彩。 pastel pastels
pas·tel / ˈpæstl ; NAmE pæˈstel /
LDC
pastel1 noun
pastel2 adjective
pastelpas‧tel1 /ˈpæstl $ pæˈstel/ noun
Word Origin
Examples
word sets
Collocations
1a)[countable, uncountable] a small coloured stick for drawing pictures with, made of a substance like chalk b)[countable] a picture drawn with pastels2[countable usually plural] a light colour such as pale blue or pink:  a room beautifully furnished in soft pastels
pastel1 noun
pastel2 adjective
pastelpastel2 adjective [only before noun]
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
1pastel colours are light and pale:  pastel blue The walls were painted in pastel shades. see thesaurus at
colour
2drawn using pastels:  a set of four small pastel drawings
WDF

pastel

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Spoken:

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彩色粉笔画(30%),蜡笔画(24%),彩色粉笔(22%),清淡柔和的(18%),粉蜡(6%)
n.粉蜡笔;粉蜡笔画
n.(Pastel)人名;(法)帕斯泰尔
adj.柔和的;彩色蜡笔的,粉蜡笔的

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