单词 | pall |
释义 | Word Frequency pall 1(pɔːl) noun 1. a cloth covering, usually black, spread over a coffin or tomb 2. a coffin, esp during the funeral ceremony 3. a dark heavy covering; shroud the clouds formed a pall over the sky 4. a depressing or oppressive atmosphere her bereavement cast a pall on the party 5. heraldry an ordinary consisting of a Y-shaped bearing 6. Christianity a. a small square linen cloth with which the chalice is covered at the Eucharist b. an archaic word for pallium (sense 2) 7. an obsolete word for cloak verb 8. (transitive) to cover or depress with a pall Word origin Old English pæll, from Latin: palliumWord Frequency pall 2(pɔːl) verb 1. (intransitive; often foll by on) to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) history classes palled on me 2. to cloy or satiate, or become cloyed or satiated Word origin C14: variant of appal |
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