单词 | sallow |
释义 | sallow (once / 2127 pages) 1adjv 2n Sallow means unhealthy in appearance––often yellow in color––and is almost invariably used to describe someone's complexion. His smile was as engaging as ever, but from his sallow complexion, I knew he was sick. Usually we say that when someone is sick they turn "green." You could also say their skin takes on a sallow look, and you'd mean the same thing. Sallow also describes the way someone looks if they have lost blood or are pale from fever. WORD FAMILYsallow: sallowed, sallower, sallowest, sallowing, sallowness, sallows USAGE EXAMPLESHis skin was sallow and his bones pressed tight against his skin. Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind(2007) Her eyes were pale, her complexion sallow, and her teeth crooked, but she was extremely healthy and never complained during her pregnancy. John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) And with that, time moves ever onwards—ALBUS’s eyes become darker, his face grows more sallow. J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child(2016) 1 1adj unhealthy looking Syn sickly unhealthy not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind 2v cause to become sallow 2The illness has sallowed her face Hyper discolor cause to lose or change color n any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal Hypo|Hyper Salix caprea, florist's willow, goat willow, pussy willow much-branched Old World willow having large catkins and relatively large broad leaves willow, willow tree any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix |
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