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

• That was a veiled reference to the fever, and Nora paled.
  热病，那是一个借口，劳拉的脸变得煞白。
• Her face paled at the bad news.
  听到这个坏消息，她面色变得苍白。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr. Lin paled; his lips trembled a little.
  林先生脸色变了，嘴唇有点抖。
• All other anxieties paled beside the possibility of war.
  与可能要战争相比，所有其他忧虑都显得微不足道了。
• She turned pale with fright.; Her face paled with fear.
  她吓得面色刷白。
• 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。
• 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。
• Birds began to sing as the sky paled into dawn.
  东方泛白、黎明来临时，鸟儿们开始歌唱起来。