Pale
[peɪl] or [pel]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) turn pale, as if in fear.
(adj.) abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; 'the pallid face of the invalid'; 'her wan face suddenly flushed' .
(adj.) lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; 'a pale rendition of the aria'; 'pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender'; 'a pallid performance' .
(adj.) very light colored; highly diluted with white; 'pale seagreen'; 'pale blue eyes' .
(adj.) not full or rich; 'high, pale, pure and lovely song' .
(adj.) (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; 'the pale light of a half moon'; 'a pale sun'; 'the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street'; 'a pallid sky'; 'the pale (or wan) stars'; 'the wan light of dawn' .
手打:撒迪厄斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
(v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
(n.) Paleness; pallor.
(v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
(v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
(n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
(n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
(n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
(n.) A stripe or band, as on a garment.
(n.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
(n.) A cheese scoop.
(n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
(v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
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同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy.[2]. Dim, sombre.
n. [1]. Picket, stake.[2]. Enclosure, circuit.
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同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Pallid, {[wan]?}, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous
ANT:Ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep
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解釋/意思:
n. a narrow piece of wood driven into the ground for use in enclosing grounds: anything that encloses or fences in: any enclosed field or space: limit: district: a broad stripe from top to bottom of a shield in heraldry.—v.t. to enclose with stakes: to encompass.—n. Palificā′tion act of strengthening by stakes.—adj. Pal′iform.—English pale the district in Ireland within which alone the English had power for centuries after the invasion in 1172.
adj. somewhat white in colour: not ruddy or fresh: wan: of a faint lustre dim: light in colour.—v.t. to make pale.—v.i. to turn pale.—ns. Pale′-ale a light-coloured pleasant bitter ale; Pale′buck an antelope the oribi.—adj. Pale′-eyed (Shak.) having the eyes dimmed.—n. Pale′-face a white person.—adj. Pale′-heart′ed (Shak.) dispirited.—adv. Pale′ly.—n. Pale′ness.—adjs. Pale′-vis′aged (Shak.) having no colour in the face; Pā′lish somewhat pale.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A piece of tapestry over a door also showed a blue-green world with a pale stag in it. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose arms I ran, and begged her pardon from my suffering soul. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Caliphronas turned pale, for he knew that Justinian was absolute ruler of Melnos, while he was thoroughly well hated by the inhabitants, one and all. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- You looked pale in your slumbers: are you home-sick? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Paler than marble, with white lips and convulsed features, Idris became aware of my situation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- His face, already paler than usual, took on a scowl as he walked across the room and flung himself into a chair. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I declare my lady turned a shade paler at the sight of him! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- She grew paler and paler as the process of tea-making was protracted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It struck me that he was looking even paler and thinner than usual. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- All other monarchs in Europe paled before him. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Whether he reddened or paled Caroline did not examine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Mrs. Archer paled. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- She remained long in her sitting-room, where the embers were crumbling to cold grey, and the lamp paled under its gay shade. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The red cheeks had paled; she was thin, worn, a little older-looking than her age, which must have been nearly thirty. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The garden sloping to the road, the house standing in it, the green pales, and the laurel hedge, everything declared they were arriving. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- The finest and palest oil is made from fresh and carefully cleaned liver, the oil being extracted either in the cold or by a gentle heat. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I looked attentively at them both, and he was the palest of the two. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Speak for yourself, sir,' said Mr. Giles, who was the palest of the party. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Keep a civil tongue in your head, cried the young man, his face paling in anger, at the insulting tone of the sailor. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The enterprising lady followed the mumming company through the gate in the white paling, and stood before the open porch. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- I passed through the gap of the broken paling--I felt, while I disdained, the choaking tears--I rushed into the depths of the forest. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The park paling was still the boundary on one side, and she soon passed one of the gates into the ground. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
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