| [/peɪl; pel/] adj (-r, -est) 用法:
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. 用法:
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 2
v 用法:
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. 用法:
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 3
[/peɪl; pel/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |