| 词汇 | pall |
| 释义 | pall noun uk /pɔːl/ us /pɑːl/ pallnoun (CLOUD)[ C ] a thick, dark cloud of smoke: 烟幕 Palls of smoke obscured our view.一团团烟幕挡住了我们的视线。 [ S ] a negative feeling or mood: 阴影，阴云 The bad news cast a pall over the evening.坏消息给傍晚蒙上了一层阴影。 A pall of embarrassment descended on the room.整个房间被尴尬的气氛所笼罩。 Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam billow brume chemtrail cirrus cloud-capped cloudily cloudlessly haze haze over lowering misty moisture nimbus overcast Scotch mist steam (something) up steamily sub-visible vapour trail vog You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences pallnoun (CLOTH)[ C ] a cloth used to cover a coffin at a funeral棺罩，墓布 [ C ]US the coffin itself at a funeral棺材 Funerals burial society catafalque closed-casket cortege funeral funeral director funeral home funerary funereally hearse lay morgue mortician mortuary obsequies open-casket send send something off viewing wake pall verb[ I ] uk /pɔːl/ us /pɑːl/ to become less interesting or enjoyable: 丧失吸引力，变得乏味 The pleasure of not having to work quickly palled.不必工作的快感很快就消失了。 Bore and bored banal banally be (stuck) in a grooveidiom be watching the clockidiom bend blah boil bore bore the ass off someoneidiom languid languidly listless listlessly listlessness rut tired uncompelling underemployed underwhelm underwhelmed pall | American Dictionarypall noun[ C ] us/pɔl/ pallnoun[C] (COVERING)a dark, thick covering or cloud that blocks light: A heavy pall of smoke from the forest fires blotted out the sun. A pall can also be a feeling of being unhappy or hopeless: News of his death cast a pall over the evening. pall verb[ I ] us/pɔl/ pallverb[I] (BECOME LESS GOOD)to become less interesting or enjoyable: The joy of being his own boss began to pall after working 70-hour weeks. Examples of pallpall Heavy-handed tactics such as these, not to mention the palls of diesel exhaust normally hanging over those same roads, have provoked considerable public resentment. Slow growth in wages tends to heighten the appeal of economic individualism while casting a moral pall on the cross-subsidies that "progressive" social measures require. There is a pall over institutions, as well as the professionals who work in them and the patients who come to them. The bare possibility of separability under exotic conditions does not cast a pall on their functional unity under ordinary conditions. The south in particular was enveloped in a pall of neglect. At a minimum, the consequences cast a pall over future business prospects. At other times it is suddenly exciting, as a new discovery is made or a sensitive teacher initiates a new game just as the last activity begins to pall. Trauma at this point in the lifecourse may cast a negative pall on these life reflections, and present undeniable evidence that things did not turn out as was hoped. Recollect that this was after the tragedies ; this was when the terrible pall was over that house and the neighborhood, and an officer should be pretty careful. We are all aware of the great palls of smoke which hang over locomotive yards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, an inspector palled to see if the main was large enough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I beg to move, in page 11, line 12, to leave out: "dustbins, buckets, palls' and the words". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the last four months of 1921 we palled up a little under private management. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware of the palls which have been held on this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have sometimes been palled a nation of shopkeepers, but, at any rate, we have a reputation of being honest shopkeepers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of pall These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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