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

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pale as ashes

a. (Used, in reference to the colour of wood ashes, to express excessive pallor of the countenance.) Hence the phrase pale as ashes, and ashes used poetically for ‘death-like paleness’.

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the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > of face

wana1300

ashc1374

tallow-face1597

whey countenance1604

lily1713

suet face1896

c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 173 Other coloure thanne Asshen hath she noone.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 61 Turn'd pale as Ashes, or a Clout.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 12. ¶3 Ghosts as pale as Ashes.

1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 599 The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame.

1870 Ld. Tennyson Golden Supper in Holy Grail 188 And I,..saw his face Fire, and dead ashes and all fire again Thrice in a second.

extracted from ashn.²

as lemmas

单词	pale as ashes
释义	> as lemmas pale as ashes a. (Used, in reference to the colour of wood ashes, to express excessive pallor of the countenance.) Hence the phrase pale as ashes, and ashes used poetically for ‘death-like paleness’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [noun] > of face wana1300 ashc1374 tallow-face1597 whey countenance1604 lily1713 suet face1896 c1374 G. Chaucer Anelida & Arcite 173 Other coloure thanne Asshen hath she noone. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 61 Turn'd pale as Ashes, or a Clout. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 12. ¶3 Ghosts as pale as Ashes. 1814 Ld. Byron Lara i. xxviii. 599 The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. 1870 Ld. Tennyson Golden Supper in Holy Grail 188 And I,..saw his face Fire, and dead ashes and all fire again Thrice in a second. extracted from ashn.² < as lemmas
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