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单词 sallow
释义
sallow
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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 FAMILY
sallow: sallowed, sallower, sallowest, sallowing, sallowness, sallows
USAGE EXAMPLES
His 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)
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1adj unhealthy looking
Syn
sickly
unhealthy
not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
2v cause to become sallow
The illness has sallowed her face
Hyper
discolor
cause to lose or change color
2
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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