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Crayon Latin Creta Chalk 12658.Crayon 英 ˈkreɪən]美 ˈkreɪən

正面 12658.crayon
英 [ˈkreɪən]美 [ˈkreɪən]

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释义:
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
例句:
1. The mother sponged crayon marks off.母亲用湿海绵擦去了痕迹.

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.
crayon 彩色粉笔来自拉丁词creta, 粉笔,石灰,见Cretaceous, 白垩纪。
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."

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