sallow

英 [ˈsæləʊ]

美 [ˈsæloʊ]

adj.  灰黄的; 蜡黄的
n.  黄华柳

复数：sallows　现在分词：sallowing　过去式：sallowed　第三人称单数：sallows　过去分词：sallowed　

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BNC.24942 / COCA.23323

牛津词典

adj.

• 灰黄的；蜡黄的
  having a slightly yellow colour that does not look healthy

noun

• 黄华柳
  a type of willow tree that does not grow very tall

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (肤色，尤指脸色)灰黄色的，菜色的,蜡黄的
  If a person hassallowskin, their skin, especially on their face, is a pale yellowish colour and looks unhealthy.
  1. She had lank hair and sallow skin.
     她头发平直，皮肤发黄。
  2. His face was sallow and shiny with sweat.
     他脸色蜡黄，汗珠津津。

英英释义

noun

• any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins

verb

• cause to become sallow
  1. The illness has sallowed her face

adj

• unhealthy looking
  Synonym:sickly

双语例句

• Strikingly sallow hair staggers down the average male derro's shoulders, matted with grime and grease, while anaemic moustaches or short beards often adorn their faces.
  男性迪洛矮人总是肩膀上披散一头蜡黄色头发，乱蓬蓬的，布满污垢和油脂，留着八字胡和短胡须。
• Though her face was sallow, her cheeks were red.
  她脸色青黄，但两颊却还是红的。
• A long time illness made him sallow and emaciated.
  长期患病使他面黄肌瘦。
• Cause to become sallow, as of complexion.
  使肤色变成菜的颜色。
• Can tumble directly in the love, but should have neither enmity nor repentance; can be Wan and sallow and sad with abandon too while failing in love, but should introspect, grow up.
  恋爱的时候可以一头栽进去，但是要无怨无悔；失恋的时候也可以尽情憔悴悲伤，但是要反省、成长。
• Old and young, talkative and taciturn, rich planter and sallow cracker, they all had two things in common, lice and dysentery.
  年老和年轻的，健谈的和沉默的，富农和森林地带憔悴的穷白人，他们都有两种共同的东西，既虱子和痢疾。
• She is ill with a sallow face.
  她病了，面色发黄。
• Her face looked sallow and swollen in the dreary light.
  在昏暗的光线中看上去她那蜡黄的脸有些浮肿。
• The poor little girl is sallow and emaciated.
  那可怜的小女孩面黄肌瘦。
• You will become sallow and hollow-cheeked, and dull-eyed.
  你会变得面如土色、两颊凹陷、眼光迟滞。