pall

英 [pɔːl]

美 [pɔːl]

n.  浓密的云烟; 尘烟; 柩衣; 棺材罩布
v.  (因见或做得过多而)失去魅力，使人厌倦

过去式：palled　复数：palls　过去分词：palled　现在分词：palling　第三人称单数：palls　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.20829 / COCA.20025

牛津词典

noun

• 浓密的云烟；尘烟
  a thick dark cloud of sth
  1. a pall of smoke/dust
     一团烟雾 / 沙尘
  2. News of her death cast a pall over the event.
     她的死亡消息给这件事蒙上了阴影。
• 柩衣；棺材罩布
  a cloth spread over a coffin (= a box used for burying a dead person in)

verb

• （因见或做得过多而）失去魅力，使人厌倦
  to become less interesting to sb over a period of time because they have done or seen it too much
  1. Even the impressive scenery began to pall on me after a few hundred miles.
     行经了数百英里以后，即使秀丽风光也使我感到索然无味了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （一段时间后）失去吸引力，变得乏味
  If somethingpalls, it becomes less interesting or less enjoyable after a period of time.
  1. Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.
     饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
• N-COUNT 一团烟雾状物
  If apall ofsmoke hangs over a place, there is a thick cloud of smoke above it.
  1. A pall of oily black smoke drifted over the clifftop.
     一团油腻的黑色烟雾飘到悬崖顶上。
• PHRASE 给…蒙上阴影
  If something unpleasantcasts a pall overan event or occasion, it makes it less enjoyable than it should be.
  1. The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing...
     动荡的局势给往常举国欢庆的日子蒙上了阴影。
  2. We don't want to cast a pall over the festivities.
     我们不想给庆典蒙上阴影。

英英释义

noun

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  Synonym:curtaindrapedraperymantle
• burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  Synonym:shroudcerementwinding-sheetwinding-clothes
• a sudden numbing dread
  Synonym:chill

verb

• lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
  1. I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
  Synonym:tirewearyfatiguejade
• lose strength or effectiveness
  1. the course palled on her
• become less interesting or attractive
  Synonym:dull
• lose sparkle or bouquet
  1. wine and beer can pall
  Synonym:diebecome flat
• cause to become flat
  1. pall the beer
• cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
  1. Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite
  Synonym:cloy
• cover with a pall
• cause to lose courage
  1. dashed by the refusal
  Synonym:dauntdashscare offfrighten offscare awayfrighten awayscare

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