单词 | pale |
释义 | pale adj (-r, -est) 1 (of a person, his face, etc) having little colour; having less colour than usual (指人、 面色等)苍白的, 气色不如平时的 She has a pale complexion. 她面色苍白. Are you feeling all right? You look rather pale. 你身体好吗? 你气色不太好. He went/turned deathly pale at the news. 他得知这一消息後, 吓得面如土色. pale with anger, fear, shock, etc 气得、 吓得、 震惊得...脸色发白. 2 (a) (of colours) not bright or vivid (指颜色)浅的, 淡的, 暗淡的 pale blue eyes 淡蓝色的眼睛 a pale sky 灰蒙蒙的天空. (b) (of light) dim; faint (指光)微弱的, 暗淡的 the pale light of dawn 晨曦的微光. pale, v 1 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) (at sth) become pale 变苍白 She paled with shock at the news. 她听到那消息大惊失色. 2 (phr v) pale before, beside, etc sth become less important in comparison with sth 相形见绌; 相形失色 Her beauty pales beside her mother´s. 她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了. Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe. 最近发生这一灾祸後, 他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了. pale n 1 (a) pointed piece of wood forming part of a fence; stake (围栏的)尖木条. (b) fence or boundary 篱笆; 栅栏; 界限. 2 (idm 习语) be,yond the `pale considered unacceptable or unreasonable by people in general 越轨的; 社会不容的 Those remarks he made were quite beyond the pale. 他说的那些话太出圈了. |
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