pale
adjective uk/peɪl/ us/peɪl/
B2 （脸色或肤色）苍白的，白的
used to describe a person's face or skin if it has less colour than usual, for example when the person is or ill or frightened, or if it has less colour than people generally have
You're looking pale - are you feeling well? 你看上去脸色苍白——你病了吗？
She has a naturally pale complexion and dark hair. 她天生肤色白皙，头发乌黑。
A2 暗淡的;浅的，淡的
A pale light or colour is not bright or strong.
She wore a pale blue hat. 她戴着一顶浅蓝色的帽子。
pale winter sunlight 冬天惨淡的日光
- More examples
- She went deathly pale.
- The foothills of the Himalayas were sharply etched against the pale blue sky.
- Paul wore pale grey trousers with a coral T-shirt and black jacket.
- It's a sort of pale orange colour.
- She turned pale and started to shiver.
pale
verb [ I ] uk/peɪl/ us/peɪl/
变苍白，失去血色
If a person's face pales, it loses its usual colour.
His face paled and he looked as if he might faint. 他脸色变得苍白，看上去像要晕倒一样。
Idioms
pale in comparisonidiom (also pale beside something/someone) 相形见绌
to seem much less serious or important when compared with someone or something else
I thought I was badly treated but my experiences pale in comparison with yours. 我以为自己受到了苛刻的对待，但我的经历和你的一比，真是小巫见大巫。
pale into insignificanceidiom （与其他事情比起来）无足轻重，相形失色
to seem not important when compared with something else
Everything else that happened in my life pales into insignificance beside that one event. 与那件事比起来，我生命中发生的其他一切事情都无足轻重了。