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pale 1 AHD[pāl] D.J.[peɪl]K.K.[pel]n.(名词)Precision Graphics- A stake or pointed stick; a picket.桩:标桩或尖的棍子;尖桩
- A fence enclosing an area.栅,栏杆:围住一个地区的栏杆或篱笆
- The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.被篱笆或分界线围住的地区
- Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.【纹章学】 垂直宽条:在一个饰有纹章的盾的中心部分的一条较广的垂直嵌条
- Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used withthe. Pale 爱尔兰部分地区:在爱尔兰英国中世纪的领土和the 一起用
v.tr.(及物动词)paled, pal.ing, pales - To enclose with pales; fence in.用栅栏围起来;围住
beyond the pale - Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable:越轨的,为社会所不容的:不可挽回的无法接受或不合理:behavior that was quite beyond the pale.非常不能容忍的行为
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French pal 源自 古法语 pal
- from Latin pālus * see pag- 源自 拉丁语 pālus * 参见 pag-
pale 2 AHD[pāl] D.J.[peɪl]K.K.[pel]adj.(形容词)pal.er, pal.est - Whitish in complexion; pallid.苍白的:面色苍白的;灰白的
- Color 【色彩】
- Of a low intensity of color; light.浅色的:色彩强度低的;淡的
- Having high lightness and low saturation.很淡的,不浓的
- Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint:暗的,朦胧的:低强度光的;昏暗的或微弱的:"a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks"(Jimmy Breslin)“傍晚的阳光透过高架铁道的路轨在破损的空空的人行道上投下昏暗的格子”(吉米·布雷斯林)
- Feeble; weak:软弱的;弱的:a pale rendition of the aria.独唱曲的无力表演
v.(动词)paled, pal.ing, pales v.tr.(及物动词)- To cause to turn pale.使变虚弱,使颜色变淡
v.intr.(不及物动词)- To become pale; blanch:变淡;发白:paled with fright.吓得脸色发白
- To decrease in relative importance.重要性相对降低
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from Latin pallidus 源自 拉丁语 pallidus
- from pallēre [to be pale] * see pel- 1源自 pallēre [虚弱的] * 参见 pel- 1
paleʹly adv.(副词)paleʹness n.(名词) |