ashen 英 [ˈæʃn]   美 [ˈæʃən]

ashen

ashen  英 [ˈæʃn] 美 [ˈæʃən]

adj. 灰色的;苍白的 

With red-rimmed eyes and ashen cheeks, he looked like a man from a public-service announcement about liver disease. 因为红眼圈和苍白的脸颊的缘故,他看起来像公共服务通告上登的得了肝病的男人。
It froze half-formed on her lips when she saw Catherine's ashen face and noticed the two strangers who had followed her in. 但当她注意到柯瑟琳苍白的脸色和跟着进来的两个陌生人时,这笑容僵住了。

  • Use the word ashen to describe the pale face of someone who is shocked and upset. Your best friend might look ashen when he hears that his favorite baseball team traded its star player.
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  • adj. 灰色的;苍白的
  • 1. With red-rimmed eyes and ashen cheeks, he looked like a man from a public-service announcement about liver disease.

    因为红眼圈和苍白的脸颊的缘故,他看起来像公共服务通告上登的得了肝病的男人。

  • 2. It froze half-formed on her lips when she saw Catherine's ashen face and noticed the two strangers who had followed her in.

    但当她注意到柯瑟琳苍白的脸色和跟着进来的两个陌生人时,这笑容僵住了。

  • 3. But if a major volcanic eruption has polluted the stratosphere with thin haze, the eclipse will be dark red, ashen gray, or blood-black.

    但如果发生大型火山喷发,导致同温层掺杂有薄云,那么月食就会变成暗红色、灰暗色或者血黑色。

  • ashen (adj.1) "ash-colored, whitish-gray, deadly pale," 1807, from ash (n.1) + -en (2).
  • ashen (adj.2) "made of ash wood," c. 1300; see ash (n.2) + -en (2). Meaning "pertaining to the ash tree" is from 1560s.
ashen / ˈæʃn ; NAmE ˈæʃn / adjective (usually of sb's face 通常指脸 ) very pale; without colour because of illness or fear 面色苍白的;没有血色的 They listened ashen-faced to the news. 他们听着消息时面如死灰。 His face was ashen and wet with sweat. 他面如土色,汗如雨下。 ashen / ˈæʃn ; NAmE ˈæʃn /
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