c. 1400, from Old French palor "paleness, whiteness" (12c.) and directly from Latin pallor, from pallere "be pale, turn pale," related to pallus "dark-colored, dusky," from PIE root *pel- (2) "pale; gray" (cognates: Sanskrit palitah "gray," panduh "whitish, pale;" Greek pelios "livid, dark," polios "gray;" Old English fealo "dull-colored, yellow, brown;" Welsh llwyd "gray").
实用例句
1. My face had a greenish pallor.
我的脸色白中带绿。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Her cheeks had an unhealthy pallor.
她面色苍白，显得虚弱。
来自《权威词典》
3. He had a sickly green pallor.
他脸色青白,带有病容.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The deathly pallor of her skin had been replaced by the faintest flush of color.
她如死灰般苍白的皮肤开始现出淡淡的血色。
来自柯林斯例句
5. " Clouds darken with darkness of rain, Streams pale with pallor of mist . "
