单词 | sallow |
释义 | sallow From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Humansallowsal‧low /ˈsæləʊ $ -loʊ/ adjectiveHBHsallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthysallow face/skin/complexion a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion —sallowness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpussallow• Would Andrew Cartboy, so tiny and sallow, become a Dynmouth Hard?• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• His face was sallow, his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk.• The drip, drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes.sallow face/skin/complexion• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• He was a man in his late twenties, dark and thin with a sallow complexion.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes.• I stared up into the kind-eyed, sallow face of Catherine of Aragon.Origin sallow Old English salu |
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