Word · Frequency #2315
paling
变得苍白；脸色发白
paling is the present participle of pale.
核心释义
to become pale; to lose color
- 1.
变苍白；失色
To turn pale; to lose colour.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
变得微不足道。
To become insignificant.
- 4.
吓得脸色发白
turn pale, as if in fear
- 5.
使变苍白；使暗淡
To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
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。
用法In use
Her face paled when she heard the bad news.
用法提示：动词pale表示脸色因惊吓或疾病变得苍白。
The colors in the painting paled after years of sunlight exposure.
用法提示：动词pale表示颜色因光照等失去鲜艳度。
His achievements pale in comparison to hers.
用法提示：动词pale表示在某方面显得逊色或微不足道。
pale at sth
at 后接引起恐惧或震惊的事物，多指脸色发白。
She paled at the sight of the blood.
看到血，她脸色变得苍白。
pale beside sth
用于比较，表示相形见绌，也可说 pale in comparison with sth。
Their problems paled beside those of the flood victims.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- pale in comparison
- 相形见绌；相比逊色
- Their new phone pales in comparison with the one they launched last year.他们的新手机与去年发布的那款相比相形见绌。
- pale beside
- 与……相比黯然失色
- No other player pales beside her on this team.在这支队伍里，没有哪位球员能比得上她。
- pale into insignificance
- 变得微不足道；显得无足轻重
- After the earthquake, our money problems paled into insignificance.地震之后，我们的经济困难就显得微不足道了。
- pale at
- 因……而脸色发白
- She paled at the news of the accident.听到事故的消息，她脸色发白。
- pale with fear
学习提示Learner notes
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级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。
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