b)[countableC]AV a picture drawn with pastels 彩色粉笔画;蜡笔画
2[countableC usually plural]CC a light colour such as paleblue or pink 淡而柔和的色彩〔如淡蓝色或粉红色〕
a room beautifully furnished in soft pastels
以柔和色彩装饰的漂亮房间
Examples from the Corpus
pastel• Of these, Guitar has the largest range with 60 pastels.• a pastelportrait• White, cream, and pastelssuit me better than dark colours.• The undulations in Rough or Not paper allow the dustypastel more surface area to grip to.• Hey, there are even pastels like peach and lilac this season, so nobody has to be a wallflower.• The area becomes a study in pastels.• For the first time, she did not show sculpture, just pastels and watercolors.• When he discoveredoilpastels however, there was no turning back.• The acid-sweet pastels of 1950s' food photography come to mind.• Graphicanimalprints usually work better with strong colors than pastels.