pallid

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pal·lid /ˈpælɪd/ adjective  1  MICOLOUR/COLORvery pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy 苍白的，无血色的 pallid cheeks 苍白的脸颊2  not very interesting 乏味的，无趣的；无生气的 a pallid performance 乏味的演出

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pallid• Kitty, her heroine, is dumpy, spotty, pallid and downtrodden.• Paul looked pallid and sick.• Her short red hair was crudely shaped in a wedge and her pallid cheeks and small chin were peppered with unsightly acne.• And Sylvie's pallid face and lustreless eyes as she said goodbye to her daughter stayed imprinted on her memory.• Women with pallid faces flitted bareheaded through the streets searching for their dead or wounded.• Her feelings for him had been a pallid thing beside what she now felt for Fen.• He looked as mean as ever, a pallid, unsmiling figure in black-suede jacket and very shiny black shoes.Origin pallid (1500-1600) Latin pallidus

pal·lid adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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pallid
pal‧lid /ˈpæləd, ˈpælɪd/ adjective1. very pale, especially in a way that looks weak or unhealthy:
    pallid cheeks
2. not very interesting:
    a pallid performance

pal·lidBrE /ˈpælɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpælɪd/ 🔊 adjective(of a person, their face, etc. 人、面色等) pale, especially because of illness （尤指因病）苍白的◆a pallid complexion苍白的脸色(of colours or light 颜色或光线) not strong or bright, and therefore not attractive 暗淡的；微弱的；乏味的◆a pallid sky暗淡的天空