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

• A ray fell on his features; the cheeks were sallow, and half covered with black whiskers; the brows lowering, the eyes deep set and singular.
  一道光线照在他的脸上：两颊苍白，一半为黑胡须所盖，眉头低耸，眼睛深陷而且很特别。
• His wife was awake, her face sallow and lifeless in the morning light.
  他妻子已经醒了，在晨光下她脸色蜡黄，毫无表情。
• The girl's face looks Wan and sallow.
  这姑娘脸色显得憔悴。
• Sallow and emaciated, firm flower plait, but is very confused, the facial expression be diffused.
  面黄肌瘦，扎着花辫，却甚是零乱，表情苍茫。
• She is ill with a sallow face.
  她病了，面色发黄。
• His complexion was sallow, his face swollen.
  他面呈菜色，脸部浮肿。
• His face was sallow and shiny with sweat.
  他脸色蜡黄，汗珠津津。
• His long, sallow face deeply lined.
  他黄黄的长脸上皱纹很深。
• It cannot make a woman look fat or sallow.
  它不会使一个女人看上去胖或者面色灰黄。
• He was a sallow youth with hair combed back.
  他是一个肤色发黄的青年，留着个背头。