paler

英 [ˈpeɪlə]

美 [ˈpeɪlər]

adj.  灰白的; 苍白的; 白皙的; 浅色的; 淡色的; 暗淡的; 微弱的
pale的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 浅色的；灰白的
  If something ispale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
  1. Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
     灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
  2. As we age, our skin becomes paler.
     随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
  3. ...a circle of pale light.
     淡淡的光晕
  4. Paleis also a combining form.
     （亦可用于构词）
  5. ...a pale blue sailor dress...
     浅蓝色水手服
  6. In the background, dressed in pale green, stood Eunice.
     尤妮斯穿着浅绿色的衣服站在后面不起眼的地方。
• ADJ-GRADED （脸色）苍白的
  If someone lookspale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
  1. She looked pale and tired...
     她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
  2. He went deathly pale.
     他面如死灰。
• VERB 显得逊色；相形失色
  If one thingpalesin comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
  1. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
     你爱的人得了致命疾病时，其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
  2. ...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
     让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
• PHRASE （行为举止）出格的，越轨的
  If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they arebeyond the pale.
  1. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
     这种事情真是不可接受。
  2. ...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
     超出可接受的人类行为的范围

双语例句

• This was not the neighbour's dog; it was paler and of a different shape.
  这不是邻居的狗；它的毛色淡一些，模样也不同。
• He would have turned pale, had it been possible for him to become any paler.
  他的面色本来已经煞白，不可能变得更苍白了。
• The light touched to russet the rings of dark hair escaping from her braids, and made her pale face paler.
  亮光使她发辫上散逸出的浅黑色发鬈变成了黄褐色，并使她苍白的脸色更加苍白。
• Upperwing has pale greyish-white primary bases and often pale rufous or yellowish-brown forewing, paler than dark grey flight-feathers.
  翼上初级飞羽呈现灰白色，翼前缘经常为淡棕色或黄棕色，比飞羽的深灰色要浅。
• Mix some more white in to make the paint paler.
  再搀些白颜料使涂料浅些。
• As we age, our skin becomes paler.
  随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
• North American orchid similar to Habenaria psycodes with larger paler flowers.
  北美的一种兰花，和小紫玉凤花相似，但花更大、颜色略浅。
• Nora's face had gone a shade paler, but she didn't say a word.
  劳拉的脸变得更白，可是她没有说一个字。
• The cheeks are paler, the teeth more regular, the red lips thinner than is usual in a country-bred girl.
  同一个寻常的乡村女孩子相比，她的脸颊更洁白，牙齿更整齐，红色的嘴唇更薄。
• Amethyst gems often becomes paler if kept out in the sun.
  紫晶宝石往往成为苍白，如果保持在阳光下。