in pastels
pastel 在这里作名词,常用复数 pastels 指多种淡色。
The room is decorated in soft pastels.
这个房间用柔和的淡色装饰。
淡色;柔和的色彩
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
淡色;柔和的色彩
any of various pale or light colors
The room is decorated in soft pastels.
这个房间用柔和的淡色装饰。
几种柔和的色调之一,通常与粉红、桃色、黄色、绿色、蓝色和淡紫色相关。
Any of several subdued tints of colors, usually associated with pink, peach, yellow, green, blue, and lavender.
一种流行于拉丁美洲各国和印度尼西亚的传统菜肴,类似玉米粉蒸肉、肉馅饼或意式烤馅饼。
A traditional dish in various Latin American countries and in Indonesia, resembling a tamale, pasty, or calzone.
用这些颜色所作的画。
A drawing made with any of those colors.
一种菲律宾炖菜,用蔬菜、香肠和鸡肉或其他肉类,配以奶油酱汁。
A Filipino stew made with vegetables, sausages, and chicken or other meat in a creamy sauce.
She chose a calm pastel for the bedroom walls.
她为卧室墙壁选了一种宁静的浅色调。
Pastels like peach and lavender are popular in spring fashion.
桃色和淡紫色这类浅色调在春季时装中很受欢迎。
For the logo, we used a pastel instead of a bold color.
对于标志,我们使用了一种浅淡的颜色,而不是鲜艳的颜色。
pastel 在这里作名词,常用复数 pastels 指多种淡色。
The room is decorated in soft pastels.
这个房间用柔和的淡色装饰。
pastel 还可指粉蜡笔,此时是可数名词。
She bought a new box of pastels for art class.
她为美术课买了一盒新的粉蜡笔。
pastel 作形容词时表示淡雅的、柔和的,常放在名词前修饰颜色或衣物。
She likes to wear pastel colors in spring.
她喜欢在春天穿淡色的衣服。
Not this
She wore a pastel color dress to the party.
Use this
She wore a pastel dress to the party.
pastel 本身已是形容词,意为“淡雅的、柔和的”,可直接修饰名词;再加上 color 显得冗余。正确说法直接用 pastel 修饰 dress。
Not this
The portrait was painted by pastels.
Use this
The portrait was painted in pastels.
表示绘画媒介或材料时,英语用介词 in,如 in oils、in pencil、in pastels;by 用于表示动作的施动者,如 painted by an artist。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
柔和淡雅的色彩
The room was decorated in pastel colors.
这个房间用了柔和淡雅的色彩装饰。
淡粉色
She wore a pastel pink dress to the party.
她穿了一条淡粉色的连衣裙去参加聚会。
粉蜡笔画
He made a pastel drawing of the harbor.
他创作了一幅海港的粉蜡笔画。
油性粉蜡笔
The children used oil pastels for the poster.
孩子们用油性粉蜡笔给海报上色。
淡雅的配色
The designer chose a pastel palette for the bedroom.
设计师为卧室挑选了一组淡雅的配色。
粉蜡笔肖像
The artist painted a pastel portrait of her daughter.
艺术家为她女儿画了一幅粉蜡笔肖像。
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pastel 像 paste(糊)+ l,想象粉蜡笔软如糊,画出的颜色淡雅柔和。
语域:neutral 常见场景:art、fashion、interior design 指淡雅柔和的浅色时,通常出现在艺术、时尚或家居装饰等描述性场合;语体中性,口语和书面语都常用。
以上词的重读元音及其后均含 /ɛl/,与 pastel 的重读尾音 /stɛl/ 押韵。注意拼写相似的 hostel(/ˈhɑːstəl/)、vessel(/ˈvɛsəl/)、parcel(/ˈpɑːrsəl/)并不押韵,因为其中的 -el 多读 /əl/ 或重音不在末音节。
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