Word · Frequency #20829
pall
/pɒːl/
noun
棺罩；柩衣
a heavy cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb
- 1.
Senses relating to cloth.
与布料相关的义项。
- 2.
Senses relating to clothing.
与服装相关的义项。
披风；斗篷；与布料相关的义项。；与服装相关的义项。；棺罩；柩衣
In use
A thick pall of smoke hung over the city after the factory fire.
After a few years, the excitement of living in the city began to pall.
The constant rain seemed to pall the joy of our vacation.
Connections
Collocations
- funeral pall
- 棺罩；柩衣
- The coffin was draped with a black funeral pall.棺材上覆盖着一块黑色棺罩。
- velvet pall
- 天鹅绒棺罩
- A purple velvet pall covered the casket.一块紫色天鹅绒棺罩盖在棺材上。
- linen pall
- 亚麻圣爵盖布
- She embroidered a linen pall for the chalice.她为圣爵绣了一块亚麻圣爵盖布。
- spread a pall over
- 在…上盖棺罩
- They spread a white pall over the coffin.他们在棺材上盖了一块白色棺罩。
Idioms & figurative uses
- cast a pall over
- 给…蒙上阴影；使…气氛变得忧郁The scandal cast a pall over the election campaign.这起丑闻给竞选活动蒙上了一层阴影。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 pall 看作 p + all：一块布铺(p)盖全部(all)，盖在棺上成棺罩，披在肩上成斗篷。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：funeral ceremonies、ecclesiastical vestments、historical or literary descriptions 这个词通常用于正式或文学性较强的场合，多指盖在棺材上的布料，或宗教仪式中作为披风/斗篷使用的服饰；日常口语中很少出现。
Grammar Note
动词vi表示‘失去吸引力’，不用被动；vt表示‘覆盖’，常用于被动结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
列表中的 all、ball、call、fall、tall、wall 与 pall 押韵（元音为 /ɔːl/；pall 的词典音标 /pɒ:l/ 是同一长元音的变体记法）。注意形近异音词：pal /pæl/、pale /peɪl/ 与 pall 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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