pale

/peyl/US // peɪl //UK // (peɪl) //

苍白,苍白的,浅色,淡淡的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

v.无主动词 verb

1
paled, pal·ing.
- : to become pale: to pale at the sight of blood.
- : to seem less important, remarkable, etc., especially when compared with something else: Platinum is so rare that even gold pales in comparison.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.light in color or effect

Forms: pales, paling

Synonyms

Better surface disinfection, however, increasingly pales next to worries about air quality on passenger flights.
Simon says the 2008 financial meltdown “pales in comparison” to the pandemic.
Though Encantos raised a fresh $2 million in January to expand, that cash influx pales in comparison to the budgets at top ed-tech companies Newsela and Coursera, which have each received more than $50 million in funding.
On the other hand, VR technologies perhaps only offer a pale imitation of the multi-sensory experiences of life.
The Genoa museum’s dead specimen is pale blue due to preservation, but it’s now known that the lizard’s natural color is mostly luminous green.
“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.
The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.
But the flaws and peccadilloes of Renaissance artists like Michelangelo pale beside the misdeeds of patrons and pontiffs.
Still, at each stage of jazz history certain kinds of sounds were beyond the pale.
“I turned completely ashen, completely pale,” Beck remembers.
Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.
Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.

/peyl/US // peɪl //UK // (peɪl) //

苍白,苍白的,浅色,淡淡的

adj.形容词 adjective

v.无主动词 verb

1
paled, pal·ing.
- : to become pale: to pale at the sight of blood.
- : to seem less important, remarkable, etc., especially when compared with something else: Platinum is so rare that even gold pales in comparison.

v.有主动词 verb

adj.light in color or effect

Forms: pales, paling

Synonyms

Better surface disinfection, however, increasingly pales next to worries about air quality on passenger flights.
Simon says the 2008 financial meltdown “pales in comparison” to the pandemic.
Though Encantos raised a fresh $2 million in January to expand, that cash influx pales in comparison to the budgets at top ed-tech companies Newsela and Coursera, which have each received more than $50 million in funding.
On the other hand, VR technologies perhaps only offer a pale imitation of the multi-sensory experiences of life.
The Genoa museum’s dead specimen is pale blue due to preservation, but it’s now known that the lizard’s natural color is mostly luminous green.
“He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.
The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.
But the flaws and peccadilloes of Renaissance artists like Michelangelo pale beside the misdeeds of patrons and pontiffs.
Still, at each stage of jazz history certain kinds of sounds were beyond the pale.
“I turned completely ashen, completely pale,” Beck remembers.
Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.
Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.