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.
中文解释
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.
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.