| 单词 | pale |
| 释义 | Related topics: Illness & disability, Colourspale1 /peɪl/ ●●○ W3 adjective 1 MICOLOUR/COLORhaving a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is 苍白的 He looked very pale and drawn. 他看上去非常苍白憔悴。turn/go pale He suddenly went pale. 他突然脸色煞白。 Sharon went deathly pale and looked as if she might faint. 莎伦脸色变得惨白，好像要晕倒似的。 an elderly pale-faced woman 一位脸色苍白的老太太2 CCCOLOUR/COLORa pale colour has more white in it than usual 〔颜色〕浅的，淡的 OPP deep SYN light pale blue curtains 淡蓝色的窗帘► see thesaurus at colour3 BRIGHTpale light is not bright 〔光线〕微弱的，暗淡的 the pale gray dawn 幽暗的黎明4 pale imitation (of something) something that is similar to, but not as good as, something else 不如某物的类似物品 The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan. 这种干酪是帕尔梅森干酪的仿制品，但味道要差一些。n THESAURUSpale a pale colour is very lightHe has very pale blue eyes.a flower with pale green leaveslight a light colour is not darkHis T-shirt was light green.a light blue sweaterpastel pastel colours have a lot of white in themThe girls wore pastel pink sundresses.faded light in colour because of being washed many times or affected by the sunThe curtains were old and faded.a pair of faded jeansExamples from the Corpuspale• The sunlight through the thick clouds was pale and cool that morning.• He was pale and natty as ever.• You look kind of pale. Are you feeling okay?• The old man's pale blue eyes moved from the dartboard to the bar and then back again.• His pale blue eyes were fixed on Sendei's own.• pale blue eyes• Because of its name and that pale blue the school enjoyed a peculiar indefinable distinction.• The room, painted a white so fresh that it seemed pale blue, was cool and soothing.• a pale complexion• He knelt inside a globe of pale fire, his face lifted to the chains, his eyes closed.• I couldn't get to sleep until I saw the first pale light of dawn.• the pale light of early morning• The banks of the river are bathed in pale moonlight.• And her skin pale pale pale, like that one.• Her dress is pale pink, with a small flowery pattern.• Great pale splotches appeared on the once-shining parquet floor where water had leaked in and stood in puddles.• There were dark rings under her eyes and her skin was paler than usual.deathly pale• He stared back at the ancient church, his eyes wide and face deathly pale.• He was deathly pale and obviously still in the first shock of grief but it had taken him differently.• She was lying not far from her fiancé, eyes closed, deathly pale but apparently hardly injured.• She was deathly pale, her face almost swollen as if she had spent her life in tears.• May become deathly pale if the room is overheated; kick off the bed covers if they are able to.• Her daughter-in-law was deathly pale, looking as if she would faint.• He went as thin as a rake, and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks.pale2 verb [intransitive] 1 COLOUR/COLOR literary if your face pales, it becomes whiter than usual because you have had a shock 〔脸色〕变苍白 Kent’s face paled when he saw that Rob had a knife. 肯特看到罗布拿着把刀子，顿时面无血色。2 pale into insignificance UNIMPORTANTto seem much less important when compared to something bigger, worse, more serious etc 相形见绌，小巫见大巫 The amounts of money involved pale into insignificance when compared with the sums spent each year on research. 涉及的金额与每年花在研究上的费用相比就是沧海一粟。3 pale in/by comparison SMALLto seem small or unimportant compared to something else 相比之下微不足道，相形失色pale in/by comparison to/with Today’s economic problems pale in comparison with those of the 1930s. 如今的经济问题和20世纪30年代的相比是小巫见大巫。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspale• The luminous star streaks were paling against a milky sky, whose brilliance in-creased moment by moment.• It was without end or beginning, paling all emotional experiences into insignificance.• The Mallaig train pulled away from the Clyde valley, leaving the haze-softened lights of Dumbarton paling in a cold February dawn.• But that pales in comparison to what he brings to this city.• Love seemed to pale in the whirlwind of conflicts I felt.• It was still flowering in November, but the colour had paled to a soft lavender.• Clarence paled visibly. He hated the thought of pain.• I found a plumber, but when he saw the solid fuel monster in the kitchen, he paled visibly.pale3 noun beyond the pale BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSoffensive or unacceptable 越轨的；不可容忍的 His opinions are entirely beyond the pale. 他的观点让人根本无法接受。Origin pale1 (1300-1400) Old French Latin pallidus; → PALLID pale3 (1400-1500) pale “limit” ((15-18 centuries)), from “fence” ((14-19 centuries)), from “pointed piece of wood driven into the ground” ((14-20 centuries)), from Old French pal, from Latin paluspale1 adjective →n THESAURUS1pale2 verbpale3 nounLDOCE OnlineChinese very white, that colour having skin is a whiter Corpus or |
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