pale¹

KK: [pеl] DJ: [pеil]

a.

蒼白的，灰白的
She was pale with fear.
她嚇得臉色發白。
（顏色）淡的
Her beauty seemed pale beside Mary's.
她的美貌與瑪麗的相比似乎顯得黯然失色。
He wore a pale blue tie.
他戴一條淺藍色的領帶。
（光）微弱的，暗淡的

vi.

變蒼白；變黯淡
The clouds paled and pulled apart.
雲層變淡，漸漸疏散。
顯得遜色；相形見絀[（+before/beside）]

vt.

使蒼白，使黯淡
Illness paled his cheeks.
疾病使他雙頰蒼白。

衍生

ad.

palely

n. [U]

paleness

辨析

同義:

a.蒼白的；弱的

dim colorless whitish faint weak vague indistinct lifeless pallid wan sallow

pale²

KK: [pеl] DJ: [pеil]

n.[C]

（做樁籬用的）尖板條，尖樁
界限，範圍[the S]
His behavior is really beyond the pale!
他的行為確實越軌了！
圍起的地方，闈場
管區，轄區

vt.

用柵欄（或籬笆）把……圍起來

以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》

pale¹

adj.

containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade.
▸(of a person's face) having little colour, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health.
unimpressive or inferior:
a pale imitation.

v.

become pale in one's face.
seem or become less important.

Derivative

palely adv.
paleness n.
palish adj.

Etymology

ME: from OFr. pale, from L. pallidus.

pale²

n.

a wooden stake used with others to form a fence.
a conceptual boundary:
within the pale of decency.
(often the Pale) archaic or historical an area within determined bounds or subject to a particular jurisdiction.
Heraldry a broad vertical stripe down the middle of a shield.

Phrase

beyond the pale
outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour.

History

Pale entered Middle English from the Old French word pal, from Latin palus ‘stake’. The idea of a stake forming part of a fence or boundary led to the development of the phrase beyond the pale. The term Pale was applied to various English-controlled territories, in particular to the area of Ireland under English jurisdiction before the 16th century. The earliest reference (1547) to the Pale in Ireland as such draws the contrast between the English Pale and the ‘wyld Irysh’: the area beyond the pale would have been regarded as dangerous and uncivilized by the English.

以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》