[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]浅色的;灰白的 If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
As we age, our skin becomes paler.
随着年龄的增长,我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
...a circle of pale light.
淡淡的光晕
Pale is also a combining form.(亦可用于构词)
...a pale blue sailor dress...
浅蓝色水手服
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](脸色)苍白的 If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
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She looked pale and tired...
她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
He went deathly pale.
他面如死灰。
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...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.
他意识到自己在流血时的苍白脸色
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[VERB 动词]显得逊色;相形失色 If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
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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。
...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
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[PHRASE 短语](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 are beyond the pale.
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This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
这种事情真是不可接受。
...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
超出可接受的人类行为的范围
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pale★/peɪl; NAmEpeɪl/
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palepalespaledpalingpalerpalestadjective★(paler,pal·est)1★(of a person, their face, etc. 人、面孔等)having skin that is almost white; having skin that is whiter than usual because of illness, a strong emotion, etc. 灰白的;苍白的;白晰的◆a pale complexion惨白的面容◆pale with fear害怕得脸色苍白◆to go/turn pale变得苍白◆You look pale. Are you OK?你气色不好,没事吧?◆The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn.这场磨难使她看来苍白而又憔悴。2★light in colour; containing a lot of white 浅色的;淡色的◆pale blue eyes淡蓝色的眼睛◆a paler shade of green淡绿的色调◆a pale sky天色昏暗OPP
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3★(of light 光线)not strong or bright 暗淡的;微弱的◆the cold pale light of dawn破晓时分的鱼白寒光☞see also
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▶pale·ly/ˈpeɪlli; NAmEˈpeɪlli/adverb◆Mark stared palely (= with a pale face)at his plate. 马克面色苍白,呆呆地望着盘子。pale·ness/peɪlnəs; NAmEpeɪlnəs/noun[uncountable ]verb[intransitive ]pale(at sth) to become paler than usual 变得比平常白;变苍白◆She (= her face)paled visibly at the sight of the police car. 她一看见警车,脸色就刷地变白了。◆The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.天空的蓝色渐变成了浅灰色。IDIOMˈpale beside/next to sth | ˈpale in/by comparison (with/to sth) | ˈpale into insignificanceto seem less important when compared with sth else 相形见绌;显得逊色◆Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.去年的骚乱与最近这次暴乱相比,可说是小巫见大巫。nounIDIOMbeˌyond the ˈpaleconsidered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable 出格;出圈;越轨;令人不能容忍◆His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.他的话显然过分了。pale/peɪl; NAmEpeɪl/pale·ly/ˈpeɪlli; NAmEˈpeɪlli/pale·ness/peɪlnəs; NAmEpeɪlnəs/
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palepale1 /peɪl/ ●●○W3 adjective
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1having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is: He looked very pale and drawn.turn/go pale He suddenly went pale. Sharon went deathly pale and looked as if she might faint. an elderly pale-faced woman2a pale colour has more white in it than usualOPP deepSYN light: pale blue curtains► see thesaurus at
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3pale light is not bright: the pale gray dawn4pale imitation (of something) something that is similar to, but not as good as, something else: The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan.THESAURUSpale a pale colour is very light: · He has very pale blue eyes.· a flower with pale green leaveslight a light colour is not dark: · His T-shirt was light green.· a light blue sweaterpastel pastel colours have a lot of white in them: · The girls wore pastel pink sundresses.faded light in colour because of being washed many times or affected by the sun: · The curtains were old and faded.· a pair of faded jeans
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1 literary if your face pales, it becomes whiter than usual because you have had a shock: Kent’s face paled when he saw that Rob had a knife.2pale into insignificance to seem much less important when compared to something bigger, worse, more serious etc: The amounts of money involved pale into insignificance when compared with the sums spent each year on research.3pale in/by comparison to seem small or unimportant compared to something elsepale to/with Today’s economic problems pale in comparison with those of the 1930s.
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beyond the pale offensive or unacceptable: His opinions are entirely beyond the pale.
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