paler 苍白的
灰白的
暗淡的
无力的( pale的比较级 )
- He's even paler than my family was.
他甚至比我家人还苍白。 - Genes that cause paler skin in Europeans or Asians are probably a response to geography and climate.
在欧洲和亚洲造成了较白肤色的基因有可能是对地理和气候的回应。 - His eyes met hers as she sat there, paler and whiter than anyone in the large ocean of tense faces around her.
他们四目相接,她就坐在那里,在围绕着她的那一大群焦虑的脸孔中,她的脸色愈显苍白。
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.