1640s, from French crayon "pencil" (16c.), originally "chalk pencil," from craie "chalk," from Latin creta "chalk, pipe-clay," which is of unknown origin. Not now considered to mean "Cretan earth," as once was believed.
例文
1. The mother sponged crayon marks off.
母は濡れたスポンジで跡を拭き取った。dd>
2.He coloured the picture with a yellow crayon .
彼は黄色のクレヨンで絵を着色した。
3.He coloured the picture with crayon .
彼はクレヨンで絵を塗った。
4.The crayon had been worn down to a stub.
このクレヨンはわずかに残っている。
5.Shirley dropped the crayon as if it burned her fingers.