| 单词 | pastel |
| 释义 | pastel pastel1 /pa stel"/; esp. Brit. /pas"tl/, n. 1. a color having a soft, subdued shade. 2. a kind of dried paste made of pigments ground with chalk and compounded with gum water. 3. a chalklike crayon made from such paste. 4. the art of drawing with such crayons. 5. a drawing so made. 6. a short, light prose study or sketch. adj. 7. having a soft, subdued shade. 8. drawn with pastels: a pastel portrait. [1655-65; < F < It pastello < LL pastellus, var. of L pastillus (see PASTILLE)] pastel2 /pas"tel/, n. 1. the woad plant. 2. the dye made from it. [1570-80; < MF < Pr < ML pastellum (neut.) woad (orig. woad paste), for LL pastellus (masc.), dim. of pasta PASTE; change of gender by influence of L glastum woad] |
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