sal·low
adjective/ˈsæləʊ/
/ˈsæləʊ/
- (of a person’s skin or face) having a slightly yellow colour that does not look healthy
灰黄的；蜡黄的 - He was a small man with a thin sallow face.
他身材矮小，脸色蜡黄。 - a sallow complexion
蜡黄的脸色
Oxford Collocations DictionarySallow is used with these nouns:- complexion
- face
- skin
- …
Word Originadjective Old English salo ‘dusky’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr ‘yellow’, from a base meaning ‘dirty’. - He was a small man with a thin sallow face.