pall

n. 遮蓋物；幕；棺罩

v. 變得平淡乏味；感到膩煩；覆蓋；蓋上棺罩

英語翻譯

Noun:

Verb:

become less interesting or attractive
cause to lose courage;
\\\"dashed by the refusal\\\"
cover with a pall
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing;
\\\"Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite\\\"
cause to become flat;
\\\"pall the beer\\\"
lose sparkle or bouquet;
\\\"wine and beer can pall\\\"
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to);
\\\"the course palled on her\\\"
lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
\\\"I\\\'m so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food\\\"

造句

用作名詞(n.)

A pall of mystery seem to hang over it all.
整個事件似乎籠罩上一層神秘的氣氛。
A pall of smoke hung over the town.
市鎮上空籠罩著一層煙幕。
An unvaried pall of cloud muffled the whole expanse of sky from zenith to horizon.
一望無際的云幕蒙住了從天頂到地乎線的整個夜空。
It stands on two trestles, under the pall.
它被安放在兩個木架上,上面蓋了一塊蓋棺布。

用作動詞(v.)

The pleasures of sunbathing began to pall on us after a week on the beach.
我們在沙灘上呆了一周之后，對日光浴已經興致大減。
The novelty will soon pall on them.
那種新奇不久就會使他們感到厭倦。
His interest in his new job soon began to pall.
他對那份新工作很快便失去了興趣。

常用短語

組詞

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