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变得苍白；脸色发白
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变得苍白；脸色发白
to become pale; to lose color
Her face paled when she heard the bad news.
听到坏消息时，她的脸色变得苍白。
变苍白；失色
To turn pale; to lose colour.
用栅栏围起,或像用栅栏围起；环绕；用篱笆隔开。
To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off.
变得微不足道。
To become insignificant.
吓得脸色发白
turn pale, as if in fear
pale
Base
原形
pales
3rd person
第三人称单数
paling
-ing
现在分词
paled
Past
过去式
paled
Past participle
过去分词
She pales in comparison to her sister.
她与妹妹相比相形见绌。
The sky paled as the sun set.
随着太阳下山，天空变得苍白。
His face is paling with fear.
他的脸因恐惧而变得苍白。
规则动词，注意作动词时常用义为‘变苍白’或‘相形见绌’。
The colors in the painting paled after years of sunlight exposure.
经过多年阳光照射，画作的颜色变淡了。
His achievements pale in comparison to hers.
他的成就与她的相比相形见绌。
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