Sallow

['sæləʊ] or ['sælo]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.

(verb.) cause to become sallow; 'The illness has sallowed her face'.

(adj.) unhealthy looking .

贝丝錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The willow; willow twigs.

(n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc.

(superl.) Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged with yellow; as, a sallow skin.

(v. t.) To tinge with sallowness.

編輯:摩尔

同義詞及近義詞：

a. Yellow (as from illness), yellowish; of a pale, sickly color.

整理:怀亚特

解釋/意思:

adj. of a pale yellowish colour.—v.t. to tinge with a sallow colour.—adj. Sall′owish somewhat sallow.—ns. Sall′ow-kitt′en a kind of puss-moth; Sall′ow-moth a British moth of a pale-yellow colour; Sall′owness.—adj. Sall′owy.

n. a tree or low shrub of the willow kind—(Scot.) Sauch.—adj. Sall′owy abounding in sallows.

手打:齐妮亚