Word · Frequency #24942
sallowest
（脸色）病态蜡黄的；灰黄的；显病容的
sallowest is the superlative of sallow.
Having a sickly pale or yellowish colour, especially of the skin or face; unhealthy-looking.
- 1.
Yellowish.
淡黄色的；微黄的。
- 2.
Having skin (especially on the face) of a sickly pale colour.
皮肤(尤指脸部)呈病态苍白的。
- 3.
Having a similar pale, yellowish colour.
具有类似的苍白淡黄色。
- 4.
unhealthy looking
面色蜡黄的；气色不好的
- 5.
Foul; murky; sickly.
污浊的；昏暗的；病态的。
污浊的；阴暗的；令人不适的；淡黄色的；微黄的。；皮肤(尤指脸部)呈病态苍白的。；具有类似的苍白淡黄色。；面色蜡黄的；气色不好的
In use
After weeks of illness, his skin took on a sallow tone.
She looked sallow from too many late nights and poor diet.
The harsh winter left everyone with sallow complexions.
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。
be/look/become sallow
After the long winter, he looked sallow.
经过漫长的冬天，他面色蜡黄。
turn sallow
表示颜色变化。
His skin turned sallow from the illness.
Connections
Collocations
- sallow complexion
- 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。
- sallow face
- 蜡黄的脸
- She looked at her sallow face in the mirror.她看着镜中自己蜡黄的脸。
- sallow skin
- 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。
- sallow cheeks
- 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。
- sallow appearance
- 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。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 yellow 的 y 换成 s 成 sallow，记住黄得病态的脸色（sallow）。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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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