pale
pale 英 [peɪl] 美 [pel]
adj. 苍白的；暗淡的 v. 变苍白
进行时:paling 过去式:paled 过去分词:paled 第三人称单数:pales 名词复数:pales 比较级:paler 最高级:palest
- After a long summer in the pool and the bright sun, your favorite rainbow-colored beach swimsuit will probably end up pale and faded. Pale means "having little color."
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- adj. 苍白的；暗淡的
- v. 变苍白
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1. a pale complexion
惨白的面容
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2. pale with fear
害怕得脸色苍白
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3. to turn pale，to go pale
变得苍白
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4. You look pale. Are you OK?
你气色不好，没事吧？
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5. pale blue eyes
淡蓝色的眼睛
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6. a pale sky
天色昏暗
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7. the cold pale light of dawn
破晓时分的鱼白寒光
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8. Mark stared palely at his plate.
马克面色苍白，呆呆地望着盘子。
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9. His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
他的话显然过分了。
- pale (adj.) early 14c., from Old French paile "pale, light-colored" (12c., Modern French pâle), from Latin pallidus "pale, pallid, wan, colorless," from pallere "be pale, grow pale," from PIE root *pel- (1) "pale." Pale-face, supposed North American Indian word for "European," is attested from 1822.
- pale (n.) early 13c. (c. 1200 in Anglo-Latin), "stake, pole, stake for vines," from Old French pal and directly from Latin palus "stake, prop, wooden post," from PIE *pakslo-, suffixed form of root *pag- "to fasten."
- pale (v.) late 14c., "become pale; appear pale" (also, in Middle English, "to make pale"), from Old French paleir (12c.) or from pale (adj.). Related: Paled; paling.
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