| 单词 | pall |
| 释义 | pall (once / 1048 pages) 1nv 2v A pall was originally a coffin’s cloak. Now pall usually means that an event or situation is — literally or figuratively — covered in gloom, like disappointing news that casts a pall on your day. The noun pall comes from the Latin word, pallium, “covering or cloak.” This use of pall has come to mean "gloom" like your grandparents' not being there to celebrate with you that casts a pall over your graduation. The verb pall is used when someone or something becomes boring or less interesting over time, like your initial willingness to perform household that began to pall when you realize no one else wants to pitch in to keep things neat. WORD FAMILYpall: palled, palling, palls USAGE EXAMPLESBeyond that, a pall hung over his father’s side of the family. Salon(Dec 24, 2016) At the exact same time, he was palling around with and trying to ingratiate himself with both Nixon and Kissinger. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) He smiled innocently and palled around with players, letting the rare tense moment roll off his back. The New Yorker(Dec 17, 2016) 1 1n burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped Syn|Hyper cerement, shroud, winding-clothes, winding-sheet burial garment cloth used to cover a corpse in preparation for burial 2n hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) Syn|Hypo|Hyper curtain, drape, drapery, mantle drop, drop cloth, drop curtain a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery festoona curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves frontala drapery that covers the front of an altar portierea heavy curtain hung across a doorway shower curtaina curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area theater curtain, theatre curtaina hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience; rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance safety curtaina fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire blind, screen a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight furnishing(usually plural) the instrumentalities (furniture and appliances and other movable accessories including curtains and rugs) that make a home (or other area) livable 3n a sudden numbing dread Syn|Hyper chill apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread fearful expectation or anticipation 4v cover with a pall 2Hyper cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered 1v lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) Hyper weaken become weaker 2v become less interesting or attractive Syn|Hyper dull change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 3v lose interest or become bored with something or somebody Syn|Hypo|Hyper fatigue, jade, tire, weary conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run out use up all one's strength and energy and stop working retire, withdrawlose interest back down, back off, bow out, chicken out, pull outremove oneself from an obligation degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop grow worse 4v cause to become flat pall the beer Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v lose sparkle or bouquet wine and beer can pall Syn|Hyper become flat, die change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 6v cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing Syn|Hyper cloy fill, replete, sate, satiate fill to satisfaction 7v cause to lose courage Syn|Hyper dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, scare, scare away, scare off intimidate, restrain to compel or deter by or as if by threats |
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