draw with crayons
crayon 是可数名词,泛指蜡笔时常用复数形式 crayons。
The children love to draw with crayons.
孩子们喜欢用蜡笔画画。
蜡笔
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蜡笔
crayon
The children love to draw with crayons.
孩子们喜欢用蜡笔画画。
绘画用的彩色粉笔或蜡笔。
A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.
The child picked a red crayon from the box and began to draw a flower.
孩子从盒子里挑了一支红色蜡笔,开始画一朵花。
She used a blue crayon to write her name on the paper.
她用一支蓝色蜡笔在纸上写下了自己的名字。
There were crayons of many colors scattered on the table.
桌上散落着许多种颜色的蜡笔。
crayon 是可数名词,泛指蜡笔时常用复数形式 crayons。
The children love to draw with crayons.
孩子们喜欢用蜡笔画画。
crayon 作动词时为及物动词,后面直接接所画的内容。
She crayoned a picture of a cat.
她用蜡笔画了一幅猫的画。
表达“一盒蜡笔”时,用 a box of 加上复数形式 crayons。
He bought a box of crayons.
他买了一盒蜡笔。
Not this
I drew a picture with crayon.
Use this
I drew a picture with crayons.
蜡笔是可数名词,不能不加冠词也不用复数地单用。汉语可说“用蜡笔”,英语要用 a crayon 或 crayons。此处泛指多支蜡笔,故用复数 crayons。
Not this
She drew a crayon on the paper.
Use this
She drew with crayons on the paper.
汉语“画蜡笔”容易直译成 draw a crayon,但英语 draw 的宾语应是所画的内容(如 a picture),工具要用介词 with 引出;此处 a crayon 应改为 with crayons,并将位置移到动词后。
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蜡质蜡笔
She prefers wax crayons to colored pencils.
比起彩色铅笔,她更喜欢蜡笔。
一盒蜡笔
She bought a box of crayons for her son.
她给儿子买了一盒蜡笔。
蜡笔画
The children made a crayon drawing of their house.
孩子们画了一幅他们房子的蜡笔画。
用蜡笔画
He likes to draw with crayons.
他喜欢用蜡笔画画。
用蜡笔画一幅画
The toddler crayoned a picture of a cat.
那个幼儿用蜡笔画了一只猫。
蜡笔印
There were crayon marks all over the wall.
墙上到处都是蜡笔印。
吃蜡笔(美式俚语,戏谑地形容人愚蠢或迟钝)
Don't ask him to solve this; he literally eats crayons.
别让他来解这道题,他蠢得跟吃蜡笔似的。
Use crayon naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想:crayon 拆成 cray + on,想象一只 crayfish(小龙虾)拿着彩色蜡笔在纸上画,蜡笔痕留在 on the paper 上。
语域:neutral 常见场景:school art class、children's home activities、stationery store 作为名词,crayon 通常指儿童绘画用的蜡笔,也可指蜡笔画。多用于日常口语和美术相关场景,语气中性,正式程度无明显差异。
共同点:'crayfish'、'rayon'、'ray'、'crane' 都有 /eɪ/ 音,其中 'crayfish' 和 'crane' 开头与 crayon 的 /kreɪ/ 相同;'ray' 开头 /reɪ/ 也与 crayon 的韵母部分相同。注意:'rayon' 拼写最接近,但结尾不是 /ən/ 而是 /ɒn/;'on' 的拼写只是末尾相似,发音 /ɒn/ 与 crayon 末尾 /ən/ 不同。没有常见词与 crayon 完全押韵。
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