| 釋義 |
pale1 /peil; pel/ adj (-r, -st) 1 (of a person's face) having little colour; bloodless: (指臉色) 蒼白的; 沒有血色的： He turned ~ at the news. 他聽到那消息面容失色。 You're looking ~ today. 你今天臉色蒼白。 ,■—-face n name said to have been used by N American Indians for a European white Person. 白臉人 (據(jù)說北美印第安人從前用此名稱指歐洲的白種人) 。 2 (of colours) not bright; faintly coloured: (指顏色) 暗淡的; 淺淡的：~淡藍色。 vi [VP2A, C] grow ~; lose colour. 變淡，變暗淡; 失 ~ before/by the side of. (fig) be far outdone by; appear weak when seen with. (喻) 遠選于; (與…在一起) 相形見細; 黯然失色。 ~ly /'pelIII; 'pelli/ adv ~ness n |