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sallow + noun (e.g., complexion, skin, face)
常形容不健康的肤色。
She had a sallow complexion.
她面色灰黄。
（脸色）病态蜡黄的；灰黄的；显病容的
sallower — comparative of sallow
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
（脸色）病态蜡黄的；灰黄的；显病容的
Having a sickly pale or yellowish colour, especially of the skin or face; unhealthy-looking.
She had a sallow complexion.
她面色灰黄。
淡黄色的；微黄的。
Yellowish.
皮肤(尤指脸部)呈病态苍白的。
Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
具有类似的苍白淡黄色。
Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
面色蜡黄的；气色不好的
unhealthy looking
After weeks of illness, his skin took on a sallow tone.
生病几周后，他的皮肤变得灰黄。
She looked sallow from too many late nights and poor diet.
由于长期熬夜和饮食不佳，她面色蜡黄。
The harsh winter left everyone with sallow complexions.
严冬过后，每个人都脸色灰黄。
常形容不健康的肤色。
She had a sallow complexion.
她面色灰黄。
After the long winter, he looked sallow.
经过漫长的冬天，他面色蜡黄。
表示颜色变化。
His skin turned sallow from the illness.
他的皮肤因疾病变得灰黄。
Not this
His face sallows in the autumn.
Use this
His face is sallow in the autumn.
sallow作为形容词，不能直接用作动词，应使用系动词be加形容词的结构。
Not this
She has a yellow complexion due to illness.
Use this
She has a sallow complexion due to illness.
sallow特指因疾病等导致的不健康灰黄色，而yellow泛指黄色，用yellow描述肤色不自然且不准确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
蜡黄的肤色
His sallow complexion betrayed his poor health.
他蜡黄的肤色暴露了他糟糕的健康状况。
蜡黄的脸
She looked at her sallow face in the mirror.
她看着镜中自己蜡黄的脸。
病态苍白的皮肤
The illness left him with sallow skin.
疾病使他的皮肤变得病态苍白。
蜡黄的面颊
Her sallow cheeks showed she had not slept well.
她蜡黄的面颊表明她没睡好。
病态蜡黄的外表
His sallow appearance worried his friends.
他蜡黄的外表让朋友们担心。
Use sallower naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 yellow 的 y 换成 s 成 sallow，记住黄得病态的脸色（sallow）。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学或正式书面描写（如小说中人物脸色）、谈论气色或健康状况的场合 sallow 通常用于书面或较正式的描写，多形容面部或皮肤因健康不佳而呈现病态蜡黄色。日常口语中不太常见，更常用 pale 或 unhealthy-looking 来表达。
The target sallow /ˈsæləʊ/ rhymes with shallow, fallow, callow, mallow, tallow and hallow, all sharing the /-æləʊ/ ending. Beware lookalikes: allow /əˈlaʊ/, swallow /ˈswɒləʊ/ (US /ˈswɑːloʊ/) and wallow /ˈwɒləʊ/ (US /ˈwɑːloʊ/) have different vowels or stress, and pallor /ˈpælə/ ends in /-ələ(r)/, so none rhymes with sallow.
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