adj.苍白的；灰白的；暗淡的；无力的
vi.变苍白；变黯淡；相形见绌
n.栅栏
She was pale with fear. 她吓得脸色发白。
His pale face has shown his bad health. 他面色苍白，说明他身体不好。
The pale eyes seemed to glare past her, the eyebrows frowned, the long jaw hardened. 那双灰白的眼睛仿佛看穿了她的身子，眉头皱着，长下巴发僵。
This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs livesdevelops, makes connections, "grows supple" in suffering, in the presence of social realitiesof human things, a thoughtful witness. 巴黎近郊的脸色灰白的孩子，面对着令人深省的社会现实和人间事物，活着，成长着，在苦难中沉下去，浮上来。
His hair was pale and lightless. 他的头发灰暗没有光泽。
When he returned, he looked pale and weary. 当他回来的时候,他看上去脸色困乏无力。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)She paled with shock at the news. 她听到那消息大惊失色。
She paled at the sight of the blood. 她一看到血就脸色苍白。
The clouds paled and pulled apart. 云层变淡,渐渐疏散。
The devastating floods of two years ago pale in comparison to last week's storms. 比起上个礼拜的的暴风雨,两年前的连绵的洪水就逊色多了。
Her problems paled into insignificance when compared with this family's tragedy. 她问题相比起这个大家庭的悲剧就微不足道了。
pale的基本意思是“苍白的,灰白的”,指人时形容面容缺乏健康或自然的气色,指物时表示色彩暗淡,缺乏光泽。
pale还可形容缺少色彩的鲜明和浓度,近似于白色。引申则指缺乏体现事物特点所必需的属性,有时含有“缺乏活力”的意味。
pale在句中可用作定语或表语。
v.(动词)pale用作动词时意思是“变苍白”,指人的脸色因受到惊吓或听到不好的消息而变苍白。pale也可指失去正常颜色而变得暗淡。
pale常与介词before, beside连用,表示“与…相比相形见绌”。
