"pale seagreen"
"pale blue eyes"
"the pale light of a half moon"
"a pale sun"
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"
"a pallid sky"
"the pale (or wan) stars"
"the wan light of dawn"
"a pale rendition of the aria"
"pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"
"a pallid performance"
"the pallid face of the invalid"
"her wan face suddenly flushed"
"high, pale, pure and lovely song"
1.浅色的;灰白的
If something ispale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
e.g. Migrating birds filled thepale sky...
灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
e.g. As we age, our skin becomes paler.
随着年龄的增长,我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
2.(脸色)苍白的
If someone lookspale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
e.g. She lookedpale and tired...
她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
e.g. He went deathlypale.
他面如死灰。
3.显得逊色;相形失色
If one thingpales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
e.g. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
你爱的人得了致命疾病时,其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
e.g. ...a soap opera against which other soapspale into insignificance.
让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
4.(行为举止)出格的,越轨的
If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they arebeyond the pale.
e.g. This sort of thing really is quite beyond thepale.
这种事情真是不可接受。
e.g. ...beyond thepale of acceptable human behaviour.
超出可接受的人类行为的范围
1. 淡色:另普林斯敦出版东南亚鸟书描述灰脚秧鸡亚成(幼)鸟脸部为淡色(pale)特徵并未出现於照片中. 若张所摄确为繁殖配对,则兰阳溪口颜色较为黯淡者似为雌鸟,不知虹膜颜色是否适用判断成幼年龄,某些秧鸡科成员如红冠水鸡的亚成鸟虹膜似为暗褐色而非成鸟红色,
2. 淡:祖母绿颜色可以较浅,但是不能太淡,浅(Light)和淡(pale)是绝然不同的定义,颜色淡的祖母绿是缺少了绿色的浓度,在宝石学的界限上会被列入绿色柱石(Qreen beryl)而不真正属于祖母绿的范畴,它的价格与祖母绿差距很大.
3. 帕莱:城郊有帕莱(pale)、伊利扎(Ilidza)疗养地. 萨拉曼卡 (Salamanca)西班牙中西部城市. 人口连郊区16.7万(1981). 位于托尔梅斯河(Tormes)北岸. 著名的历史古城,原为伊比利人聚落,迦太基和罗马时代经济发达. 八至十一世纪时为基督教徒和摩尔人的战场.
4.pale:pelvis andlegs elevating; 下身可抬高的座椅