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- a crayon made of powdered pigments bound with gum or resin彩色粉笔; 蜡笔。
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- a work of art created using such crayons粉笔画; 蜡笔画：
a pastel entitled 'Girl braiding her hair'
一幅题为“编辫女孩”的蜡笔画。
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- a soft and delicate shade of a colour柔和的淡色彩：
the subtlest of pastels and creams
最柔和的浅色彩和奶油色。
- of a soft and delicate shade or colour淡的, 柔和的：
pastel blue curtains.
淡蓝色窗帘。
派生词
pastellist
（亦作pastelist）noun词源
mid 17th cent.: via French from Italian pastello, diminutive of pasta 'paste'.