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单词 pale
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pale

adjective
 
/peɪl/
/peɪl/
(comparative paler, superlative palest)
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  1.  
     (of a person, their face, etc.) having skin that is very light in colour; having skin that has less colour than usual because of illness, a strong emotion, etc.
    • a pale complexion
    • She was tall with a slender figure and pale skin.
    • pale with fear/shock
    • to go/turn/grow pale
    • You look pale. Are you OK?
    • Her face had grown deathly pale.
    • The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn.
    Extra Examples
    • She was tall, dark and pale, and very beautiful.
    • Ruth went pale as the news sank in.
    • He turned deathly pale.
    • His face went pale with anger.
    Topics Appearanceb1, Illnessb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • appear
    • be
    • look
    • …
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    • …
    phrases
    • pale and drawn
    See full entry
  2.  
     light in colour; containing a lot of white
    • pale blue eyes
    • a paler shade of green
    • a pale sky
    • The flowers were pale and wilted.
    opposite dark, deepTopics Colours and Shapesb1
  3.  
     (of light) not strong or bright
    • the cold pale light of dawn
    4. see also pallid, pallor
    Word Originadjective Middle English: from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus; the verb is from Old French palir.

pale

verb
/peɪl/
/peɪl/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pale
/peɪl/
/peɪl/
he / she / it pales
/peɪlz/
/peɪlz/
past simple paled
/peɪld/
/peɪld/
past participle paled
/peɪld/
/peɪld/
-ing form paling
/ˈpeɪlɪŋ/
/ˈpeɪlɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. pale (at something) to become paler than usual
    • She (= her face) paled visibly at the sight of the police car.
    • The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.
    Word Originverb Middle English: from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus; the verb is from Old French palir.
Idioms
pale beside/next to something | pale in/by comparison (with/to something) | pale into insignificance
  1. to seem less important when compared with something else
    • Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
    • Our problems pale into insignificance when compared to theirs.

pale

noun
/peɪl/
/peɪl/
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’.
Idioms
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Idioms
beyond the pale
  1. considered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable
    • His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
    • She has put herself beyond the pale (= behaved in a way that is not acceptable).
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