pallid

英 [ˈpælɪd]

美 [ˈpælɪd]

adj. (尤指因病)苍白的; 暗淡的; 微弱的; 乏味的

GRE

BNC.20341 / COCA.20678

同义词辨析

pale grey pallid【导航词义：苍白的】

paleadj. 苍白的

〔辨析〕

指因生病、情绪激动等而脸色苍白或变得苍白的。

〔例证〕

An elderly, pale-faced man lived in that room.
一个脸色苍白的老头住在那间屋子里。
Hearing these words, he suddenly went pale.
听了这些话，他突然脸色煞白。
He looks very pale and drawn.
他看起来非常苍白和憔悴。

greyadj. 脸色苍白的

〔辨析〕

指因疲倦、害怕或生病而脸色苍白的。

〔例证〕

Her face went grey with shock.
她惊得脸都白了。
He was still looking grey due to the influenza.
由于患了流感，他仍然面色苍白。

pallidadj. 苍白的

〔辨析〕

尤指看上去虚弱或不健康而面无血色的。

〔例证〕

Tears ran down her pallid cheeks.
泪水划过她苍白的脸颊。
Why does he have such a pallid countenance?
为什么他面色如此苍白？

牛津词典

adj.

（尤指因病）苍白的
pale, especially because of illness
1. a pallid complexion
  苍白的脸色
暗淡的；微弱的；乏味的
not strong or bright, and therefore not attractive
1. a pallid sky
  暗淡的天空

柯林斯词典

ADJ-GRADED 苍白的；无血色的；暗淡的
Someone or something that ispallidis pale in an unattractive or unnatural way.
1. ...helpless grief on pallid faces.
  苍白面孔上无助的忧伤
2. ...pallid grey vapour.
  暗淡的灰白色水蒸气
ADJ-GRADED （演出、书籍等）平淡的，乏味的，了无生气的
You can describe something such as a performance or book aspallidif it is weak or not at all exciting.
1. ...a pallid account of the future of transport.
  对交通运输前景的平淡描述
2. ...a pallid unsuccessful romance.
  一段失败的平淡恋情

英英释义

adj

abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress
1. the pallid face of the invalid
2. her wan face suddenly flushed
Synonym:palewan
lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness
1. a pale rendition of the aria
2. pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender
3. a pallid performance
Synonym:pale
(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness
1. the pale light of a half moon
2. a pale sun
3. the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street
4. a pallid sky
5. the pale (or wan) stars
6. the wan light of dawn
Synonym:palewansick

双语例句

Small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey.
美洲热带浅滩中苍白色的小鱼，眼睛长在头顶上；在沙里打洞伺机捕食。
A stand of magnificent ghost gums with pallid white trunks and drifting thin leaves.
一片壮丽的橡胶树林，有着苍白的树干和依稀的树叶。
A pallid moon shone fitfully between the ragged clouds.
从败絮般的云层间不时射出一片苍白的月光。
Pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout.
暗白色的底栖大头鱼，大眼，嘴巴象鸭子。大眼睛会发金属般绿光的底栖鱼。
He was a big man, strangely pallid, with scars that often showed among the wrinkles of his face.
他身材高大；青白脸色，皱纹间时常夹些伤痕；
Water and air were pallid.
水和空气一片暗淡。
In the grey of the morning the two students, pallid and haggard from anxiety and with the terror of their adventure still beating tumultuously in their blood, met at the medical college.
在天色泛白的时候，这两个学生在医学院碰了面，惴惴不安的心情反映到了他们苍白憔悴的脸上，而刚刚的骇人经历则仍然使其惊魂未定。
San Diego, thin and pallid, wrinkled neck, face a pimple, but his eyes as blue as the sea, there is no frustration of color.
圣地亚哥瘦削憔悴，后颈满是皱纹，脸上长着疙瘩，但他的双眼像海水一样湛蓝，毫无沮丧之色。
Facing my pallid reflection in the mirror, I was forced to admit that I was lying to myself.
面对镜子里苍白的自己，我不得不承认是在欺骗自己。
Their torches lit the macabre proceedings in a pallid light that danced over their garish rune-covered robes.
他们穿的长袍上绘着繁复而华丽的符文，折射着火炬那苍白的光线。