Definition of whey-faced in English:

whey-faced

adjective

(of a person) pale, especially as a result of ill health, shock, or fear.
（尤指人因健康不佳、受惊或恐惧等引起的）脸色煞白的，大惊失色的
a whey-faced maid answered the door
Example sentencesExamples
- Are there any whey-faced American singer song-writers who don't hate the President?
- In the floor-to-ceiling mirror by our table, I saw how we looked: two whey-faced tourists from the far north among the permanent tans of the Southern Californians.
- Only his big brown eyes were visible as he roared off from the pits, and one of them, I could have sworn, was fixed on me, his whey-faced passenger, as he hurtled towards the first bend at 150 mph.
- His singing voice is perilously thin and his whey-faced, wire-spectacled appearance suggests a long time spent indoors.
- On TV he saw a whey-faced apparatchik, a man who earned more money in one year than Angus could hope to earn in a life-time.
- Inside a room, known as The Room, whey-faced men in drab suits sit in cubicles pushing paper about.
- So what were these whey-faced poseurs actually doing in the Eighties?
- But back in the real world it is all too easy to see why women who are whey-faced and washed-out with the practical demands of ‘having it all’ might find the idea of marrying a rich man very attractive indeed.
- Jeremy Legat, a recent drama-school graduate, is quite outstanding as a homeless, whey-faced teenager who struts around brandishing a stolen cutlass.
- He has assembled a somewhat spunkier bunch than Gilbert's parade of whey-faced pushovers.
Synonyms
pale, pasty-faced, pasty, wan, drained, washed out, drawn, pallid, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, grey, pinched, sickly, sallow, as white as a ghost, as white as a sheet, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, ill-looking, sickly-looking

Definition of whey-faced in US English:

whey-faced

adjectiveˈ(h)wāfāstˈ(h)weɪfeɪst

(of a person) pale, especially as a result of ill health, shock, or fear.
（尤指人因健康不佳、受惊或恐惧等引起的）脸色煞白的，大惊失色的
a whey-faced maid answered the door
Example sentencesExamples
- But back in the real world it is all too easy to see why women who are whey-faced and washed-out with the practical demands of ‘having it all’ might find the idea of marrying a rich man very attractive indeed.
- He has assembled a somewhat spunkier bunch than Gilbert's parade of whey-faced pushovers.
- Are there any whey-faced American singer song-writers who don't hate the President?
- In the floor-to-ceiling mirror by our table, I saw how we looked: two whey-faced tourists from the far north among the permanent tans of the Southern Californians.
- Jeremy Legat, a recent drama-school graduate, is quite outstanding as a homeless, whey-faced teenager who struts around brandishing a stolen cutlass.
- Only his big brown eyes were visible as he roared off from the pits, and one of them, I could have sworn, was fixed on me, his whey-faced passenger, as he hurtled towards the first bend at 150 mph.
- On TV he saw a whey-faced apparatchik, a man who earned more money in one year than Angus could hope to earn in a life-time.
- Inside a room, known as The Room, whey-faced men in drab suits sit in cubicles pushing paper about.
- So what were these whey-faced poseurs actually doing in the Eighties?
- His singing voice is perilously thin and his whey-faced, wire-spectacled appearance suggests a long time spent indoors.
Synonyms
pale, pasty-faced, pasty, wan, drained, washed out, drawn, pallid, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, grey, pinched, sickly, sallow, as white as a ghost, as white as a sheet, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, ill-looking, sickly-looking

单词	whey-faced
释义	Definition of whey-faced in English: whey-faced adjective (of a person) pale, especially as a result of ill health, shock, or fear. （尤指人因健康不佳、受惊或恐惧等引起的）脸色煞白的，大惊失色的 a whey-faced maid answered the door Example sentencesExamples Are there any whey-faced American singer song-writers who don't hate the President? In the floor-to-ceiling mirror by our table, I saw how we looked: two whey-faced tourists from the far north among the permanent tans of the Southern Californians. Only his big brown eyes were visible as he roared off from the pits, and one of them, I could have sworn, was fixed on me, his whey-faced passenger, as he hurtled towards the first bend at 150 mph. His singing voice is perilously thin and his whey-faced, wire-spectacled appearance suggests a long time spent indoors. On TV he saw a whey-faced apparatchik, a man who earned more money in one year than Angus could hope to earn in a life-time. Inside a room, known as The Room, whey-faced men in drab suits sit in cubicles pushing paper about. So what were these whey-faced poseurs actually doing in the Eighties? But back in the real world it is all too easy to see why women who are whey-faced and washed-out with the practical demands of ‘having it all’ might find the idea of marrying a rich man very attractive indeed. Jeremy Legat, a recent drama-school graduate, is quite outstanding as a homeless, whey-faced teenager who struts around brandishing a stolen cutlass. He has assembled a somewhat spunkier bunch than Gilbert's parade of whey-faced pushovers. Synonyms pale, pasty-faced, pasty, wan, drained, washed out, drawn, pallid, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, grey, pinched, sickly, sallow, as white as a ghost, as white as a sheet, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, ill-looking, sickly-looking Definition of whey-faced in US English: whey-faced adjectiveˈ(h)wāfāstˈ(h)weɪfeɪst (of a person) pale, especially as a result of ill health, shock, or fear. （尤指人因健康不佳、受惊或恐惧等引起的）脸色煞白的，大惊失色的 a whey-faced maid answered the door Example sentencesExamples But back in the real world it is all too easy to see why women who are whey-faced and washed-out with the practical demands of ‘having it all’ might find the idea of marrying a rich man very attractive indeed. He has assembled a somewhat spunkier bunch than Gilbert's parade of whey-faced pushovers. Are there any whey-faced American singer song-writers who don't hate the President? In the floor-to-ceiling mirror by our table, I saw how we looked: two whey-faced tourists from the far north among the permanent tans of the Southern Californians. Jeremy Legat, a recent drama-school graduate, is quite outstanding as a homeless, whey-faced teenager who struts around brandishing a stolen cutlass. Only his big brown eyes were visible as he roared off from the pits, and one of them, I could have sworn, was fixed on me, his whey-faced passenger, as he hurtled towards the first bend at 150 mph. On TV he saw a whey-faced apparatchik, a man who earned more money in one year than Angus could hope to earn in a life-time. Inside a room, known as The Room, whey-faced men in drab suits sit in cubicles pushing paper about. So what were these whey-faced poseurs actually doing in the Eighties? His singing voice is perilously thin and his whey-faced, wire-spectacled appearance suggests a long time spent indoors. Synonyms pale, pasty-faced, pasty, wan, drained, washed out, drawn, pallid, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, grey, pinched, sickly, sallow, as white as a ghost, as white as a sheet, deathly pale, cadaverous, corpse-like, ill-looking, sickly-looking
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