1 (used about a person or his/her face) having skin that is light in colour, often because of fear or illness (指人或其脸色因害怕或生病而)苍白的:
She has a pale complexion.她脸色苍白。I felt myself go/turn pale with fear.我觉得自己吓得脸色苍白。☞noun pallor. 名词为pallor。 ☞Compare pallid. 与pallid比较。
2 not bright or strong in colour (颜色)浅的,淡的:
a pale yellow dress浅黄色的连衣裙 [OPP] dark 反义词为dark
paleverb [I]
pale1/pel; peIl/adj 1 having a skin colour that is whiter than usual, especially because you are ill or frightened〔尤因生病或受惊而肤色〕苍白的: Jan looked tired and pale. 简看上去很累﹐脸色苍白。turn/go pale He suddenly went pale. 他突然脸色煞白。2 a pale colour is a light form of a colour [ light ; dark ]〔颜色〕淡的﹐浅的: pale green walls 淡绿色的墙面
pale2v [I] 1 to seem unimportant, unattractive etc compared to something else 显得逊色﹐相形见绌: Once you’ve experienced sailing, other sports pale in comparison . 你一旦体验过帆船运动﹐其他运动就相形见绌了。2 if you pale, your face becomes whiter than usual, especially because you are ill or frightened〔尤因生病或受惊而脸色〕变苍白: Hettie paled when she heard the news. 赫蒂听到这个消息﹐脸色都白了。
palepalepalespaledpalingpalerpalestadjective (paler, palest)1with not much colour in your facesame meaningwhite: Are you ill? You look pale. She has very pale skin.2with a light colour; not strong or darksame meaninglight: a pale blue dressoppositedark