pale
/peɪl; pel/ adj
(-r, -est)
1 (of a person, his face, etc) having little colour; having less colour than usual （指人、 面色等）苍白的, 气色不如平时的
She has a pale complexion. 她面色苍白.
Are you feeling all right? You look rather pale. 你身体好吗? 你气色不太好.
He went/turned deathly pale at the news. 他得知这一消息後, 吓得面如土色.
pale with anger, fear, shock, etc 气得、 吓得、 震惊得...脸色发白.
2
(a) (of colours) not bright or vivid （指颜色）浅的, 淡的, 暗淡的
pale blue eyes 淡蓝色的眼睛
a pale sky 灰蒙蒙的天空.
(b) (of light) dim; faint （指光）微弱的, 暗淡的
the pale light of dawn 晨曦的微光. pale, v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sth) (at sth) become pale 变苍白
She paled with shock at the news. 她听到那消息大惊失色.
2 (phr v) pale before, beside, etc sth become less important in comparison with sth 相形见绌; 相形失色
Her beauty pales beside her mother's. 她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了.
Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe. 最近发生这一灾祸後, 他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了.
pale / peɪl; pel/ n
1
(a) pointed piece of wood forming part of a fence; stake （围栏的）尖木条.
(b) fence or boundary 篱笆; 栅栏; 界限.
2 (idm 习语) be,yond the `pale considered unacceptable or unreasonable by people in general 越轨的; 社会不容的
Those remarks he made were quite beyond the pale. 他说的那些话太出圈了.