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.
实用例句
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.
