单词	pall
释义	pall1 verbpall2 noun pallpall1 /pɔːl $ pɒːl/ verb [intransitive] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINpall1 Origin: 1300-1400 appal Verb Table VERB TABLE pall Simple Form Present I, you, we, they pall he, she, it palls Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they palled Present perfect I, you, we, they have palled he, she, it has palled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had palled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will pall Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have palled Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES For Sasha, the celebrity lifestyle was beginning to pall. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But playing a psycho killer palls fairly soon. But the delights of the latter had begun to pall. However, silent contemplation of the passing forest tended to pall after several unbroken miles of it. It was getting chilly and the novelty of the river palled. Now even these, by reason of their frequency, were beginning to pall. Put simply, the thrill of flouting grandfather's wishes was beginning to pall. Then, too, repeated visits to cultural monuments doubtless palled in time, natural curiosity withered by sheer surfeit. These notes, however, should be used sparingly as they soon pall on the ear. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a pall of smoke (=a thick cloud of smoke hanging over something)· A thick pall of smoke hung over Cape Town. if something palls, it becomes less interesting or enjoyable because you have experienced it before:  Gradually, the novelty of city life began to pall. pall1 verbpall2 noun pallpall2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINpall2 Origin: 900-1000 Latin pallium ‘covering’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A global pall of dust raised by the eruption reddened sunsets everywhere on Earth for several months. A smoke pall spread over the region like the prototype of a nuclear winter. But a worrying pall of familiarity hangs over the proceedings. Night fell upon, and spread its funereal pall over, a field of blood where death held unrestrained carnival! One would find oneself driving along in a pall of black poison. Outside a massive pall of cloud hung low over the harbour. She felt an aura of sadness around her like a pall. The dark pall of the dream settled over him again. word sets WORD SETS► Death asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► pall of smoke/dust/ash etc  A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a pall of smoke (=a thick cloud of smoke hanging over something)· A thick pall of smoke hung over Cape Town. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► cast · Few people were talking and the silence of night cast its pall over the city.· But news of a major management bloodletting, impending layoffs and a possible takeover cast a pall over the festivities.· Lessard tries to show that the sins of Stanford White cast a moral pall over the White clan.· But it had cast a pall that had still not lifted. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a pall of something His excitement meant nothing to her; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash. One would find oneself driving along in a pall of black poison. The Internal Investigations Division, a self-policing unit set up by Wilson, had become known as a pall of whitewash. The smoldering ruins wrapped the city in a pall of smoke. The south in particular was enveloped in a pall of neglect. When he got to the car the engine was running and a pall of acrid fumes gathered in the still air. 1[usually singular] a thick dark cloud of smoke, dust etcpall of smoke/dust/ash etc A pall of thick grey smoke hung over the buildings.2a pall of something literary an unpleasant quality that seems to be in a place or situation:  The area is enveloped in a pall of neglect.3a cloth used to cover a coffin (=a box containing a dead body)
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