paled

英 [peɪld]

美 [peɪld]

v.  变得比平常白; 变苍白
pale的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 浅色的；灰白的
  If something ispale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
  1. Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
     灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
  2. As we age, our skin becomes paler.
     随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
  3. ...a circle of pale light.
     淡淡的光晕
  4. Paleis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  5. ...a pale blue sailor dress...
     浅蓝色水手服
  6. In the background, dressed in pale green, stood Eunice.
     尤妮斯穿着浅绿色的衣服站在后面不起眼的地方。
• ADJ-GRADED （脸色）苍白的
  If someone lookspale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
  1. She looked pale and tired...
     她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
  2. He went deathly pale.
     他面如死灰。
• VERB 显得逊色；相形失色
  If one thingpalesin comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
  1. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
     你爱的人得了致命疾病时，其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
  2. ...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
     让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
• PHRASE （行为举止）出格的，越轨的
  If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they arebeyond the pale.
  1. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
     这种事情真是不可接受。
  2. ...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
     超出可接受的人类行为的范围

双语例句

• Martin's face, flushed at first, paled as he read on.
  开始时马丁的股发红，但一读下去，便苍白了。
• Her face paled again, and her heart began thumping with fear.
  吴少奶奶的脸立刻又变为苍白，心头卜卜地又抖又跳；
• Such humiliation paled, though, beside the impending fall recital. I would have to play a solo on a local movie theater's stage.
  不过，这种羞辱与即将来临的秋季演奏会相比，算不得什么。我得在当地一家影剧院舞台上独奏一曲。
• His face paled and he looked as if he might faint.
  他的脸变得苍白，看上去像要昏倒。
• A chilly sensation crept up his spine and spread out until his face paled and his eyes lost the sheen of courage and keenness.
  于是一缕冷意从他背脊上扩散开来，直到他脸色发白，直到他的眼睛里消失了勇悍尖利的光彩。
• Her smile paled and melted into tears, and she went back alone into the dark.
  她的微笑黯淡了，化成泪容了，她孤寂地回身走进黑暗里去。
• All other anxieties paled beside the terrible fact of the fire coming close tothe town.
  大火逼近城镇，这可怕的事实使其他令人焦虑的事都显得微不足道了。
• The ice cream I was missing paled in comparison with the sweet joy of simply being with my dad.
  不过，只要能和父亲待在一起，我就感到甜蜜而快乐，相比之下，没吃上冰淇淋就显得微不足道了。
• His face paled with fear.
  他吓得面色灰白。
• Now all paled under the stroke of world events.
  这时，在世界大事的突然发作下，一切都相形失色了。