pale
音标发音
- 英式音标 [peɪl]
- 美式音标 [peɪl]
- 国际音标 [peil]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 苍白的;无力的;暗淡的
- n. 前哨;栅栏;范围
- vt. 使失色;使变苍白;用栅栏围
- vi. 失色;变苍白;变得暗淡
- n. (Pale)人名;(塞)帕莱
词源解说
- 14世纪初期进入英语,直接源自古法语的paile,意为苍白的;最初源自拉丁语的pallidus,意为苍白的。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- palish:稍微苍白的。
- adv性质的同根词
- palely:苍白地;淡色地;青青地。
- n性质的同根词
- paleness:苍白;淡薄;变青。
- paling:木栅;打桩。
- v性质的同根词
- paling:用桩篱把…围起;包围(pale的ing形式)。
用法辨析
- pale的基本意思是“苍白的,灰白的”,指人时形容面容缺乏健康或自然的气色,指物时表示色彩暗淡,缺乏光泽。
- pale还可形容缺少色彩的鲜明和浓度,近似于白色。引申则指缺乏体现事物特点所必需的属性,有时含有“缺乏活力”的意味。
- pale在句中可用作定语或表语。
- pale用作动词时意思是“变苍白”,指人的脸色因受到惊吓或听到不好的消息而变苍白。pale也可指失去正常颜色而变得暗淡。
- pale常与介词before, beside连用,表示“与…相比相形见绌”。
adj. (形容词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- She has a pale face.
她脸色苍白。 - You look awfully pale. Are you all right?
你面色很苍白,身体怎么了? - The old man was pale with anger.
那位老人气得脸都发白了。 - He paled at the sight of the blood.
他一看见血就脸色发白。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ~+ n.
用作表语: S+be+~
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
词组短语
- pale blue 淡蓝色
- pale complexion 苍白的脸色
- pale face 面色苍白;苍白的脸色;苍白的脸
- pale light 暗淡的光
- pale light of dawn 晨曦的微光
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
英英字典
- used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less colour than usual, for example when the person is or ill or frightened, or if it has less colour than people generally have
- If a person's face pales, it loses its usual colour.
- If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
- Pale is also a combining form.
- If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
- to make or become pale or paler blanch
- If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
- a wooden post or strip used as an upright member in a fence
- outside the limits of social convention
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- [the pale](在俄国)规定给犹太人居住的地区
- [the pale](英国统治下的)爱尔兰部分地区 [亦作 the english pale,the irish pale]
- (禾本科植物的)托苞;鳞毛;内稃
- 古
- 内稃;托苞;鳞毛;苍白色的
- 淡白色的
- 苍白的
- 淡的
- 淡色
- 浅色