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crayon

verb
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒn/
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːn/
 [intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crayon
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒn/
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːn/
he / she / it crayons
🔊/ˈkreɪənz/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒnz/
🔊/ˈkreɪənz/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːnz/
past simple crayoned
🔊/ˈkreɪənd/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒnd/
🔊/ˈkreɪənd/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːnd/
past participle crayoned
🔊/ˈkreɪənd/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒnd/
🔊/ˈkreɪənd/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːnd/
-ing form crayoning
🔊/ˈkreɪənɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒnɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkreɪənɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːnɪŋ/
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  1. crayon (something) to draw or colour something using a crayonTopics Artc2

crayon

noun
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɒn/
🔊/ˈkreɪən/, 🔊/ˈkreɪɑːn/
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  1. a coloured pencil or stick of soft coloured chalk or wax, used for drawing彩色铅笔（或粉笔、蜡笔）
    • She coloured the picture in with crayons.她用蜡笔给图画着色。
    • She used crayons to draw the picture.她用蜡笔画的这幅画。
    • The notice was written in crayon.那个通知是用彩色粉笔写的。
    Topics Artc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • coloured/​colored
    • wax
    … of crayons
    • box
    verb + crayon
    • colour/​color something (in) with
    • draw (something) with
    • use
    • …
    crayon + noun
    • drawing
    preposition
    • in crayon
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from craie ‘chalk’, from Latin creta.