pastel

英 [ˈpæstl]

美 [pæˈstel]

n.  彩色粉笔; 蜡笔; 粉笔; 彩色粉笔画; 蜡笔画

复数：pastels　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13146 / COCA.7966

牛津词典

noun

• 彩色粉笔；蜡笔
  soft coloured chalk , used for drawing pictures
  1. drawings in pastel
     蜡笔画
• 粉笔
  small sticks of chalk
  1. a box of pastels
     一盒粉笔
• 彩色粉笔画；蜡笔画
  a picture drawn with pastels
• 淡雅的色彩
  a pale delicate colour
  1. The whole house was painted in soft pastels.
     整座房屋都漆成柔和淡雅的色彩。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （色彩）淡的，柔和的
  Pastelcolours are pale rather than dark or bright.
  1. ...delicate pastel shades.
     淡雅的色调
  2. ...pastel pink, blue, peach and green.
     淡粉色、蓝色、桃红色和绿色
  3. ...pretty pastel-coloured houses.
     色调淡雅的漂亮房子
  4. Pastelis also a noun.
     
  5. The lobby is decorated in pastels.
     大厅用浅色装饰。
• N-COUNT 彩色粉笔
  Pastelsare also small sticks of different coloured chalks that are used for drawing pictures.
  1. ...pastels and charcoal.
     彩色粉笔和木炭笔
  2. ...the portrait in pastels.
     用彩色粉笔画的肖像
• N-COUNT 彩色粉笔画；彩粉画
  Apastelis a picture that has been done using pastels.
  1. ...Degas's paintings, pastels, and prints.
     德加的油画、彩粉画和版画
  2. ...a pastel by Toulouse-Lautrec.
     土鲁斯－劳特累克的彩粉画
  3. ...a pastel drawing.
     彩粉画

英英释义

noun

• any of various pale or light colors

adj

• delicate and pale in color
  1. pastel pink
• lacking in body or vigor
  1. faded pastel charms of the naive music

双语例句

• Any car you can buy off the shelf in a pastel pink has got to be saying something.
  现货供应的任何一辆淡粉色汽车一定都有自己的卖点。
• Currently pastel themes teamed with the old world charm of lace and feathers are increasing in their popularity.
  目前粉彩主题联手与旧世界的魅力花边和羽毛中的受欢迎程度不断增加。
• Their house I sdecorated in pastel shades.
  他们的房子装饰成轻柔淡雅的色彩。
• The transformation of South Beach from a downtrodden slum into a pastel wonderland of painstakingly renovated architectural treasures has brought global fame for the historically protected Art Deco District and its glorious beaches and fabled nightlife.
  南滩从一个低贱的贫民窟到一个拥有精心修复的建筑精品的柔美奇境的转变，为这个历史受到保护的装饰派艺术区以及此地秀丽的海滩和传奇般的夜生活带来了国际声誉。
• The artist's own creative work, however, remained untouched by such theoretical demands; it shows mainly lyrical motifs like graceful, dreamy young girls in pastel coloring and soft shading.
  艺术家自己的创造性劳动，但是，仍然无动于衷，如理论的要求；它主要表现在抒情优美的图案一样，梦幻般的年轻女孩在粉彩着色和软阴影。
• Rhodium-plated necklace with crystal beads, crystal pearls and crystals in various pastel shades.
  铑被镀的项链与水晶小珠，水晶珍珠和水晶以各种各样淡色阴凉地。
• Sea And River Pastel And Sculpture Exhibition by Contemporary Artists Shanghai;
  “海晏河清”当代名家色粉画及雕塑作品展，上海；
• Banished are the dull gray and brown and pastel shades.
  呆滞的灰色、棕色和轻柔色调已被摈弃了。
• For a cocktail party at Singh's home metres of lime green and yellow fabric were draped from a second-floor balcony over the front yard to transform the house into a pastel cocoon.
  在酒会上，数米长的柠檬绿和黄色织物从二楼阳台上披挂下来，横贯在整个院落的上方。辛格家的这座房子，变成了一个淡彩的茧壳。
• This energy continuously moves and is filled with pastel colors of the Language of Light as well as the gold and silver of the Language of One.
  这一能量不断运动，充满了光之语的粉彩色及全一之语的金银色。