Word · Frequency #2315
pale
/peɪl/
verb
变得苍白;脸色发白
to become pale; to lose color
- 1.
To turn pale; to lose colour.
变苍白;失色
- 2.
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
用栅栏围起,或像用栅栏围起;环绕;用篱笆隔开。
- 3.
To become insignificant.
变得微不足道。
- 4.
turn pale, as if in fear
吓得脸色发白
- 5.
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
使变苍白;使暗淡
相形见绌;黯然失色;使变苍白;使暗淡;用栅栏围住;围起;变苍白;失色;用栅栏围起,或像用栅栏围起;环绕;用篱笆隔开。
In use
Her face paled when she heard the bad news.
The colors in the painting paled after years of sunlight exposure.
His achievements pale in comparison to hers.
Verb forms
base pale · third person pales · -ing paling · past paled · past participle paled
规则动词,注意作动词时常用义为‘变苍白’或‘相形见绌’。
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Learner notes
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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