- 1蒼白、面色蒼白(病容、失血或驚嚇時的那種,不是單純皮膚白)
Pallor is the look of skin that has gone very pale — not the ordinary pale of someone who stays indoors, but a pale that makes you think of illness, shock, or fear. Doctors use it as a sign: they may notice pallor in the face, the lips, or under the .
Pallor is the look of skin that has gone very palepallor指的是皮膚變得很蒼白的那種樣子 not the ordinary pale of someone who stays indoors不是待在室內的人那種普通的白 but a pale that makes you think of illness, shock, or fear而是會讓人聯想到生病、驚嚇或害怕的那種蒼白 Doctors use it as a sign醫生會把它當成一個徵兆 they may notice pallor in the face, the lips, or under the eyelid他們可能會注意到臉上、嘴唇,或眼皮下面的pallor
Writers like the word too, because it names the paleness as a thing, more exactly than “he went white.” Though actually, in speech almost nobody says pallor. People say someone looks pale, or as white as a sheet.
Writers like the word too作家也喜歡用這個字 because it names the paleness as a thing因為它把蒼白這件事直接點出來、當成一個東西講 more exactly than 'he went white.'比『he went white』更精確 Though actually, in speech almost nobody says pallor不過其實,講話的時候幾乎沒有人會說pallor People say someone looks pale大家會說someone looks pale or as white as a sheet或者as white as a sheet(白得像張紙)
Pallor belongs to hospitals, novels, and careful description. It is always a noun: a person has pallor, or you see pallor.
Pallor belongs to hospitals, novels, and careful descriptionpallor是屬於醫院、小說,和講究描寫的場合的字 It is always a noun它一直都是名詞 a person has pallor可以說a person has pallor or you see pallor或者you see pallor
It does not mean the person is naturally fair-skinned; it means the colour has dropped out in a way that looks wrong.
It does not mean the person is naturally fair-skinned它不是說這個人天生皮膚白 it means the colour has dropped out in a way that looks wrong而是說臉上的血色掉了,掉得讓人覺得不對勁
core核心畫面
組成From Latin pallor, from a verb meaning “to look pale.” English took it through French.
同家族的字
- palethe everyday adjective from the same old root
- pallida more literary adjective, “unhealthily pale,” from the same Latin family
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pallornoun/ˈpælɚ/
- 1
Unnatural paleness, especially as a sign of sickness or distress.
- pallor of the complexion
- ‘Sir,’ said the butler, turning to a sort of mottled pallor, ‘that thing was not my master, and there’s the truth. My master’—here he looked round him and began to whisper—‘is a tall fine build of a man, and this was more of a dwarf.’
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