英语词汇“pale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pale¹

(pāl)

1. A stake or pointed stick; a picket.

2. A fence enclosing an area.

3. The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.

a. A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.

b. Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.

5. Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.

tr.v. paled, pal·ing, pales

To enclose with pales; fence in.

Idiom:

beyond the pale

Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale.

[Middle English, from Old French pal, from Latin pālus; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

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单词	pale
释义	pale¹ (pāl) n. 1. A stake or pointed stick; a picket. 2. A fence enclosing an area. 3. The area enclosed by a fence or boundary. 4. a. A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction. b. Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the. 5. Heraldry A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon. tr.v. paled, pal·ing, pales To enclose with pales; fence in. *Idiom:* *beyond the pale* Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale. [Middle English, from Old French pal, from Latin pālus; see pag- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pale1
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