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Related topics: Coloursash·en /ˈæʃən/ adjective 1 CClooking very pale because you are ill, shocked, or frightened 〔因生病、震惊、害怕等〕面色苍白的 SYN white His face was ashen. 他面如死灰。2 literary pale grey in colour 灰白色的 ashen hills 灰白色的山丘Examples from the Corpusashen• Lisa's face had turned ashen.• But Karen is just standing there, ashen.• Mr Lehman turned ashen and thin.• His eyes were closed, his face was an ashen colour, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.• I saw a group walking towards me through the ashen darkness.• I dozed fitfully until morning, when I awake feeling knackered; my spouse looked worried and ashen in sympathy.• He could see his reflection, turned gaunt and ashen, in the fragment of mirror propped against the lavatory window.ash·en adjectiveChineseSyllable you shocked, looking very or ill, pale are Corpus because |