
adj.蒼白的;灰白的;暗淡的;無力的
vi.變蒼白;變黯淡;相形見絀
n.柵欄
She was pale with fear. 她嚇得臉色發(fā)白。
His pale face has shown his bad health. 他面色蒼白,說明他身體不好。
The pale eyes seemed to glare past her, the eyebrows frowned, the long jaw hardened. 那雙灰白的眼睛仿佛看穿了她的身子,眉頭皺著,長下巴發(fā)僵。
This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs livesdevelops, makes connections, "grows supple" in suffering, in the presence of social realitiesof human things, a thoughtful witness. 巴黎近郊的臉色灰白的孩子,面對著令人深省的社會現(xiàn)實(shí)和人間事物,活著,成長著,在苦難中沉下去,浮上來。
His hair was pale and lightless. 他的頭發(fā)灰暗沒有光澤。
When he returned, he looked pale and weary. 當(dāng)他回來的時候,他看上去臉色困乏無力。
用作不及物動詞 (vi.)She paled with shock at the news. 她聽到那消息大驚失色。
She paled at the sight of the blood. 她一看到血就臉色蒼白。
The clouds paled and pulled apart. 云層變淡,漸漸疏散。
The devastating floods of two years ago pale in comparison to last week's storms. 比起上個禮拜的的暴風(fēng)雨,兩年前的連綿的洪水就遜色多了。
Her problems paled into insignificance when compared with this family's tragedy. 她問題相比起這個大家庭的悲劇就微不足道了。
pale的基本意思是“蒼白的,灰白的”,指人時形容面容缺乏健康或自然的氣色,指物時表示色 彩暗淡,缺乏光澤。
pale還可形容缺少色 彩的鮮明和濃度,近似于白色。引申則指缺乏體現(xiàn)事物特點(diǎn)所必需的屬性,有時含有“缺乏活力”的意味。
pale在句中可用作定語或表語。
v.(動詞)pale用作動詞時意思是“變蒼白”,指人的臉色因受到驚嚇或聽到不好的消息而變蒼白。pale也可指失去正常顏色而變得暗淡。
pale常與介詞before, beside連用,表示“與…相比相形見絀”。
adj.發(fā)乳白光的;乳色的
n.乳白光;蛋白光;蛋白石混濁