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

• The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the paled face.
  月亮从云后面钻出来，照出了那苍白的面孔。
• She paled at the sight of the blood.
  她一看到血就脸色苍白。
• 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。
• All other memories of travels, people and my surroundings have paled beside these interior happenings.
  在这些内部事件面前，所有其它对旅行、人们、及周围环境的记忆都黯然失色。
• She paled with shock at the news.
  她听到那消息大惊失色。
• 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 face paled with fear.
  她吓得脸色发白。
• 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。
• Without knowing why, I paled and my heart beat violently.
  我会莫名其妙地脸色泛白，心头狂跳。
• Every other feature paled beside the quaint, teasing, delightful atmosphere which Carrie contributed while on the stage.
  嘉莉在舞台上给观众带来的那种奇特、撩人、愉快的气氛，使得这出戏的其它特色都相形见绌。