| 单词 | pale as death |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspale as death a. Of a person, a person's complexion, etc.: of a whitish or ashen appearance; lacking healthy colour; pallid, wan, bloodless (typically connoting shock, strong emotion, or ill health). Frequently in pale as death. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > paleness > [adjective] blatec1000 whiteOE greena1275 blakec1275 bleykea1300 wana1300 palec1330 bleach1340 pale and wan (wan and pale)c1374 colourlessc1380 deadlyc1385 deadc1386 bloodlessc1450 earthlyc1460 ruddylessc1460 wan visaged?a1513 wanny1555 as pale or white as a clout1557 bleak1566 mealy1566 pale-faced1570 ghastly1574 white-faced1577 bleakish1581 pallid1590 whiggish1590 tallow-faced1592 maid-pale1597 lily1600 whey-colour1602 lew1611 roseless1611 Hippocratical1615 cadaverousa1661 Hippocratic1681 smock-faced1684 white-looked1690 livid1728 as white (or pale) as a sheet1752 squalid1753 deathly1791 etiolated1791 light-skinned1802 suety1803 shilpit1813 blanched1828 tallowy1830 suet-faced1834 pasty1836 tallowish1838 whey-faced1847 pasty-faced1848 aghast1850 waxen1853 complexionless1863 light-skin1877 lily-cheeked1877 lardy1879 wan-faced1881 exsanguinous1889 wheatish1950 c1330 Gregorius (Auch.) (1914) 732 Þe hewe þat he haþ þan opon, It is boþ wan and pale. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 881 (MED) He cast al his colour and bi-com pale. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 24004 (MED) Ful pale [v.r. pal] wex al mi hide. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women 866 Pale as box she was. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) xi. l. 565 Behaldand his paill face. He kyssyt him. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 69 Then was ye kynges face paal and his cogitacions so ferefully troubled him that [etc.]. 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 10 All her body was as pale as death. 1638 C. Alleyn Hist. Henrie VII 114 They who yet survive are Pale with feare. 1696 Alcander & Philocrates iii. 69 Those pale and livid Lips..which your many Children will without doubt bring you. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 23. ⁋2 The Man grew pale as Ashes. 1796 F. Burney Camilla V. x. i. 264 With a voice hollow from affright, and a face pale as death, she tremulously articulated, ‘where is my sister?’ 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 54 The Fair Maid of Perth's complexion changed from red to pale, and from pale to red. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. i. 436 Then pale as privet, took she heart to drink. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Sons & Lovers v. 87 She was pale now with emotion and anxiety. 1973 J. G. Farrell Siege of Krishnapur ii. 16 She was very fair and pale and a little remote; one or two people thought her ‘insipid’. 1988 G. Greene Captain & Enemy i. 11 I had seen her on her deathbed, pale and calm, like a figure on a tomb. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。