pall

英 [pɔːl] 美 [pɔːl]

• n. 遮盖物；幕；棺罩
• v. 变得平淡乏味；感到腻烦；覆盖；盖上棺罩

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden numbing dread

2. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

3. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Verb:

1. become less interesting or attractive

2. cause to lose courage;

   "dashed by the refusal"
   

3. cover with a pall

4. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing;

   "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
   

5. cause to become flat;

   "pall the beer"
   

6. lose sparkle or bouquet;

   "wine and beer can pall"
   

7. lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to);

   "the course palled on her"
   

8. lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;

   "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A pall of mystery seem to hang over it all.
   整个事件似乎笼罩上一层神秘的气氛。
2. A pall of smoke hung over the town.
   市镇上空笼罩着一层烟幕。
3. An unvaried pall of cloud muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon.
   一望无际的云幕蒙住了从天顶到地乎线的整个夜空。
4. It stands on two trestles, under the pall.
   它被安放在两个木架上,上面盖了一块盖棺布。

用作动词 (v.)

1. The pleasures of sunbathing began to pall on us after a week on the beach.
   我们在沙滩上呆了一周之后，对日光浴已经兴致大减。
2. The novelty will soon pall on them.
   那种新奇不久就会使他们感到厌倦。
3. His interest in his new job soon began to pall.
   他对那份新工作很快便失去了兴趣。

经典引文

• When the Coffin was put in, the black Velvet Pall..was thrown over it.

  出自： Clarendon

• An accordion placed under a velvet pall out of reach of all.

  出自： A. S. Byatt

• The pastimes..began to pall on him.

  出自： W. H. Dixon

• Sometimes she would..go out to dinner..but the novelty of being considered desirable had palled.

  出自： C. Brayfield

词汇搭配

• Pall Mall 培尔美尔街
• pall-mall (十七世纪流行的)铁...
• pall effect 厌倦效应
• smoke pall 厚烟层
• pall on 不起作用
• pall upon 对 ... 丧失吸引...

近反义词

【近义词】

• shroud 寿衣
• cloud 云
• blanket 毛毯
• sheet 被单
• wall 墙壁
• gloom 黑暗
• despair 绝望
• sadness 悲哀
• depression 沮丧
• melancholy 忧郁
• fade 逐渐消失
• diminish 减少
• wither 枯萎，干枯
• go sour 变酸
• scare off 吓跑
• daunt 使 ... 胆怯
• cloy (吃甜食)生腻...
• curtain 窗帘
• weary 疲倦的
• scare 受惊吓
• die 死
• drape 布帘
• cerement 寿衣
• fatigue 疲劳
• chill (使)变冷
• jade 玉石
• drapery 布料
• frighten off 吓跑
• scare away 吓跑
• become flat 泄气
• winding-clothes 寿衣
• mantle 斗篷
• frighten away 吓跑
• tire 轮胎
• dash 猛冲
• winding-sheet 裹尸布
• dull 呆滞的