palest adj. 苍白的;无力的;暗淡的 (pale的变形)
- Beluga usually ranges from purple to black, the palest being the most expensive.
Beluga鱼子酱的颜色一般从紫红色到黑色到有,颜色最淡的的最昂贵。 - Every one of them was chalky pale, the palest of all the students living in this sunless town.
他们都像粉笔一样苍白,比生活在这个缺乏阳光的小镇里的任何学生都要苍白。 - Divided into the major colour groups, each section explores a range of hues, from primary brights to the palest of pastels, presenting fail-proof palettes for refreshingly original interior schemes.
本书分成几个主要的色组,每个部分从最初的亮色到柔和的淡色,展现了最初的室内色彩的调色搭配。
Pale \Pale\ (p[=a]l), a. [Compar. {Paler} (p[=a]l"[~e]r);
superl. {Palest}.] [F. p[^a]le, fr. p[^a]lir to turn pale, L.
pallere to be or look pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Fallow}, {pall},
v. i., {Pallid}.]
1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as,
a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. ``Pale as a forpined
ghost.'' --Chaucer.
Speechless he stood and pale. --Milton.
They are not of complexion red or pale. --T.
Randolph.
2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim;
as, the pale light of the moon.
The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;
It looks a little paler. --Shak.
Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced,
pale-looking, etc.