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

• 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。
• 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。
• Presumed non-hepatic morph adult Lesser Cuckoos have shown this same contrast, between a very dark rump ( which does not contrast with the tail) and a paler upper back.
  假设非赤色型的小杜鹃也会出现这样的对比：暗色的腰部（与尾羽不形成对比）和比较淡色的上背部。
• The spy, who was pale, turned paler, and asked him how he dared&.
  那脸色苍白的密探脸色更苍白了，他问他怎么竟然敢。
• 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。
• This was not the neighbours'dog; it was paler and a different shape.
  这不是邻居家的狗，它的颜色更浅一些，而且形状也不同。
• They went to the rocks and sat down looking out across the bay while the sky got paler and paler and the stars disappeared except for one very bright one low down and near the horizon.
  他们走到岩石那儿，坐下来，眺望着海湾对面，这时天色越来越亮，除了一颗很亮的星，一颗低得接近地平线的星以外，其他的星星都看不见了。
• The air was thin and the sky was paler, and every day the earth paled.
  空气稀薄，天空更加苍白，大地也一天天变得苍白起来。
• Standard blue means navy, with no room for paler shades.
  标准蓝色代表海军，不带暗色。