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pale adj.苍白的；灰白的；暗淡的；无力的vi.变苍白；变黯淡；相形见绌n.栅栏 (1) 她吓得脸色发白。(2) 他面色苍白，说明他身体不好。(3) 那双灰白的眼睛仿佛看穿了她的身子，眉头皱着，长下巴发僵。(4) 巴黎近郊的脸色灰白的孩子，面对着令人深省的社会现实和人间事物，活着，成长着，在苦难中沉下去，浮上来。(5) 他的头发灰暗没有光泽。(6) 当他回来的时候,他看上去脸色困乏无力。(7) 她听到那消息大惊失色。(8) 她一看到血就脸色苍白。(9) 比起上个礼拜的的暴风雨,两年前的连绵的洪水就逊色多了。(10) 她问题相比起这个大家庭的悲剧就微不足道了。 When something's light colored, you can describe it as pale, like a pale light shining in the kitchen at night, or a person's pale face when they're suffering from the flu. Pale is also a verb that means "to become pale", so you could say that you saw your friend's face pale at the news that her favorite bookstore had gone out of business. Don't make the mistake of confusing pale with its homophone, pail, which means "bucket."

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英 [peɪl] 美 [peɪl] (1) She was pale with fear.(2) His pale face has shown his bad health.(3) The pale eyes seemed to glare past her, the eyebrows frowned, the long jaw hardened.(4) This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs livesdevelops, makes connections, "grows supple" in suffering, in the presence of social realitiesof human things, a thoughtful witness.(5) His hair was pale and lightless.(6) When he returned, he looked pale and weary.(7) She paled with shock at the news.(8) She paled at the sight of the blood.(9) The devastating floods of two years ago pale in comparison to last week's storms.(10) Her problems paled into insignificance when compared with this family's tragedy. If your friends all spent spring break in Jamaica while you were in upstate New York, you'll probably feel pretty pale when you all get back to school. Pale means "having little color." 1[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。2[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.   [usu v-link ADJ]She looked pale and tired...她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。He went deathly pale.他面如死灰。paleness...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.他意识到自己在流血时的苍白脸色3[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.   [V]  [V prep]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4[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.   [PHR after v]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

英语单词	pale
英美音标	英 [peɪl] 美 [peɪl]
中文释义	adj.苍白的；灰白的；暗淡的；无力的 vi.变苍白；变黯淡；相形见绌 n.栅栏
英语例句	(1) She was pale with fear. (2) His pale face has shown his bad health. (3) The pale eyes seemed to glare past her, the eyebrows frowned, the long jaw hardened. (4) This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs livesdevelops, makes connections, "grows supple" in suffering, in the presence of social realitiesof human things, a thoughtful witness. (5) His hair was pale and lightless. (6) When he returned, he looked pale and weary. (7) She paled with shock at the news. (8) She paled at the sight of the blood. (9) The devastating floods of two years ago pale in comparison to last week's storms. (10) Her problems paled into insignificance when compared with this family's tragedy.
中文例句	(1) 她吓得脸色发白。 (2) 他面色苍白，说明他身体不好。 (3) 那双灰白的眼睛仿佛看穿了她的身子，眉头皱着，长下巴发僵。 (4) 巴黎近郊的脸色灰白的孩子，面对着令人深省的社会现实和人间事物，活着，成长着，在苦难中沉下去，浮上来。 (5) 他的头发灰暗没有光泽。 (6) 当他回来的时候,他看上去脸色困乏无力。 (7) 她听到那消息大惊失色。 (8) 她一看到血就脸色苍白。 (9) 比起上个礼拜的的暴风雨,两年前的连绵的洪水就逊色多了。 (10) 她问题相比起这个大家庭的悲剧就微不足道了。
vocabulary简明	If your friends all spent spring break in Jamaica while you were in upstate New York, you'll probably feel pretty pale when you all get back to school. Pale means "having little color."
vocabulary扩展	When something's light colored, you can describe it as pale, like a pale light shining in the kitchen at night, or a person's pale face when they're suffering from the flu. Pale is also a verb that means "to become pale", so you could say that you saw your friend's face pale at the news that her favorite bookstore had gone out of business. Don't make the mistake of confusing pale with its homophone, pail, which means "bucket."
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 2 [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. [usu v-link ADJ] She looked pale and tired... 她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。 He went deathly pale. 他面如死灰。 paleness ...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding. 他意识到自己在流血时的苍白脸色 3 [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. [V] [V prep] 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 4 [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. [PHR after v] 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

Pale Face Paled Means Light Human Looked Comparison