Word · Frequency #20829
pall
变得乏味；失去吸引力；让人生厌
to become dull, uninteresting, or tiresome; to lose its appeal
主语多为事物，如 novelty（新奇感）等。
- 1.
To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall.
用或似乎用覆盖物遮盖或覆盖。
- 2.
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken.
使乏味或无味；使无生气或无精神；使迟钝,削弱。
- 3.
To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste.
变得乏味、无趣、无味或单调；失去活力、精神、力量或味道。
使乏味；使丧失活力；削弱；给…盖上棺布；覆盖；笼罩；用或似乎用覆盖物遮盖或覆盖。；使乏味或无味；使无生气或无精神；使迟钝,削弱。；变得乏味、无趣、无味或单调；失去活力、精神、力量或味道。
In use
After a while, the novelty of the job began to pall.
The endless meetings palled on everyone.
His constant complaining palled on her patience.
Verb forms
base pall · third person palls · -ing palling · past palled · past participle palled
通常用于描述乐趣或兴趣减退。
Connections
Collocations
- begin to pall
- 开始失去吸引力；开始令人厌倦
- After a few months, the novelty of the job began to pall.几个月后，这份工作的新鲜感开始消失。
- pall on someone
- 使某人感到乏味；令某人厌倦
- Her constant complaining soon palled on everyone.她不停的抱怨很快就让大家感到厌烦。
- pall with repetition
- 因重复而变得乏味
- The joke palls with repetition.这个笑话因一再重复而变得乏味。
- novelty palls
- 新鲜感消失；新奇感减退
- The novelty of the new game quickly palled.新游戏的新鲜感很快就消失了。
- never palls
- 永不使人厌倦；百看不厌
- The beauty of these mountains never palls.这些山峦的美景永远不会令人厌倦。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pall像一层布把事物罩住，罩久了便乏味、失去活力，让人不想再看。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式散文、文学评论、书评或影评 作为动词，pall 通常表示“变得乏味、失去吸引力”，多用于正式或文学性语境，如书评、随笔中；日常口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
如表示‘丧失吸引力’是不及物，常接on或upon；如表示‘覆盖’是及物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The -all ending in ball, call, fall, and wall is pronounced /ɔːl/ and rhymes with pall. Pale (/peɪl/) and pal (/pæl/) look similar but sound different and do not rhyme.
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。
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