| 单词 | ghost pale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost pale e. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘like a ghost; that is as —— as a ghost’, as in ghost white, ghost pale, etc. ΚΠ 1849 H. Melville Mardi III. lix. 347 But through the gloom, and on the circumvallating reef, the breakers dashed ghost-white. 1850 E. B. Browning Poems (new ed.) II. 298 What angel, but would seem To sensual eyes, Ghost-dim? 1858 E. C. Mogridge Poems 189 The moon, ghost-wan against the clear bright heaven. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 61 A sloop-of-war, ghost-white and very near. 1926 M. Leinster Dew on Leaf 246 Through a tear-mist she looked at a myriad ghost-pale lights. 1950 A. Seton Foxfire iv. 69 The little brittle bush, ghost-gray along the roadside, sent forth its incense perfume. 1954 L. MacNeice Autumn Sequel iii. 27 Two great swans, ghost-white. 2012 Independent 18 July 40/4 We peered over the edge of the boats at vast forests of kelp and the ghost white wisps of moon jellyfish below. 2014 M. Lawrence Emperor of Thorns Prol. The pillowed alabaster, ghost-faint even to the eye of Kai's mind. 2016 L. Erdrich LaRose 221 One day she was sitting high in a tree... Something large flowed at her, ghost-silent. < as lemmas |
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