pale
adj
(-r, -est)
1 (of a person, his face, etc) having little colour; having less colour than usual (指人、 面色等)蒼白的, 氣色不如平時的
She has a pale complexion. 她面色蒼白.
Are you feeling all right? You look rather pale. 你身體好嗎? 你氣色不太好.
He went/turned deathly pale at the news. 他得知這一消息後, 嚇得面如土色.
pale with anger, fear, shock, etc 氣得、 嚇得、 震驚得...臉色發白.
2
(a) (of colours) not bright or vivid (指顏色)淺的, 淡的, 暗淡的
pale blue eyes 淡藍色的眼睛
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 變蒼白
She paled with shock at the news. 她聽到那消息大驚失色.
2 (phr v) pale before, beside, etc sth become less important in comparison with sth 相形見絀; 相形失色
Her beauty pales beside her mother's. 她的美貌和她母親相比就遜色了.
Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe. 最近發生這一災禍後, 他們其他的問題都顯得無關重要了.
pale n
1
(a) pointed piece of wood forming part of a fence; stake (圍欄的)尖木條.
(b) fence or boundary 籬笆; 柵欄; 界限.
2 (idm 習語) be,yond the `pale considered unacceptable or unreasonable by people in general 越軌的; 社會不容的
Those remarks he made were quite beyond the pale. 他說的那些話太出圈了.
?? 考研助記
pa(怕)+le(了):臉色 蒼白的
?? 擴展釋義
*[peil]n. 柵欄, 界線, 范圍a. 蒼白的, 暗淡的, 無力的vi. 變蒼白, 變暗, 失色vt. 使變蒼白, 使失色, 用柵欄圍【醫】 蒼白的, 淡色的相關詞組: make...pale by comparison pale by comparison be pale with fright