pallid

Word family nounpalliditypallidnessadverbpallidlyadjectivepallid

Related topics: Illness & disability

pal·lid /ˈpælɪd/ adjectiveadj

1 MICOLOUR/COLORvery pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy 苍白的，无血色的

pallid cheeks

苍白的脸颊

2 not very interesting 乏味的，无趣的；无生气的

a pallid performance

乏味的演出

Examples from the Corpus

pallid• Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden.• Paul looked pallid and sick.• Her short red hair was crudely shaped in a wedge and her pallid cheeks and small chin were peppered with unsightly acne.• And Sylvie's pallid face and lustreless eyes as she said goodbye to her daughter stayed imprinted on her memory.• Women with pallid faces flitted bareheaded through the streets searching for their dead or wounded.• Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen.• He looked as mean as ever, a pallid, unsmiling figure in black-suede jacket and very shiny black shoes.

Origin pallid

(1500-1600) Latin pallidus

单词	pallid
释义	pallid Word family nounpalliditypallidnessadverbpallidlyadjectivepallid Related topics: Illness & disability pal·lid /ˈpælɪd/ adjectiveadj 1 MICOLOUR/COLORvery pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy 苍白的，无血色的 pallid cheeks 苍白的脸颊 2 not very interesting 乏味的，无趣的；无生气的 a pallid performance 乏味的演出 Examples from the Corpus pallid• Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden.• Paul looked pallid and sick.• Her short red hair was crudely shaped in a wedge and her pallid cheeks and small chin were peppered with unsightly acne.• And Sylvie's pallid face and lustreless eyes as she said goodbye to her daughter stayed imprinted on her memory.• Women with pallid faces flitted bareheaded through the streets searching for their dead or wounded.• Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen.• He looked as mean as ever, a pallid, unsmiling figure in black-suede jacket and very shiny black shoes. Origin pallid (1500-1600) Latin pallidus
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