Word · Frequency #23308
pastier
苍白的;面无血色的
pastier is the comparative of pasty.
pale and unhealthy-looking
常指脸色因生病或害怕而苍白
- 1.
Like paste, sticky.
像糊状物,粘的。
- 2.
Pale, lacking colour, having a pallor.
苍白的,缺乏颜色的,面色苍白的。
- 3.
resembling paste in color; pallid
颜色如糊状;苍白的
糊状的;黏的;像糊状物,粘的。;苍白的,缺乏颜色的,面色苍白的。;颜色如糊状;苍白的;面糊似的
In use
After being sick for a week, his face looked pasty and unhealthy.
She had a pasty complexion from staying indoors all day.
The doctor was concerned about the patient's pasty skin, which might indicate anemia.
he looked pasty and red-eyed
Connections
Collocations
- pasty complexion
- 苍白的脸色
- His pasty complexion was a sign of illness.他苍白的脸色是生病的迹象。
- pasty mixture
- 糊状混合物
- Add water slowly until you get a smooth pasty mixture.慢慢加水,直到得到光滑的糊状混合物。
- pasty dough
- 黏稠的面团
- She kneaded the pasty dough until it was smooth.她揉着黏稠的面团,直到它变得光滑。
- pasty mess
- 黏糊糊的一团
- The overcooked rice turned into a pasty mess.煮过头的米饭变成了一团黏糊糊的东西。
- pasty substance
- 糊状物质
- The paint had dried into a thick pasty substance.油漆干了,变成厚厚的糊状物质。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
pasty 像 paste(浆糊),既指黏糊糊的质地,也指像浆糊一样苍白的脸色:糊状、苍白两义都记住了。
Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:describing the texture of food, dough, or glue、informal remarks about a person's pale complexion 表示“糊状的、粘的”时通常用于描述食物、面团或胶状物的质地,属于中性客观用法;表示“面色苍白的”时多用于非正式口语,常带贬义或夸张色彩,如说某人脸色不好。请根据搭配和语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
pasty 有 /ˈpeɪsti/ 和 /ˈpæsti/ 两种读音。tasty、hasty 与 /ˈpeɪsti/ 押韵;nasty 与 /ˈpæsti/ 押韵。注意 pastry (/ˈpeɪstri/)、pasta (/ˈpæstə/)、paste (/peɪst/) 拼写相似但读音不同,不要混淆。
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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