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

双语例句

• Objective To analyze paeoniflorin and albiflorin content in Paeonia lactiflora Pall from different areas and investigate the optimal monomers purification technology.
  目的对我国不同产地赤芍药材中芍药苷和白芍苷含量差异进行分析，探讨分离制备芍药苷和白芍苷单体的工艺路线。
• A few minutes later she had vanished beneath the waves amidst a vast pall of smoke.
  几分钟后，它就在烟雾弥漫中沉没在波涛之下了。
• Objective To provide the morphological basis for identify exactly seeds of Gentiana macrophylla Pall, and Gentiana straminea Maxim.
  目的为准确鉴别秦艽和麻花秦艽种子提供形态学依据。
• 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。
• After listening to him for two hours, his monotonous voice began to pall on me.
  他讲了两个小时之后，我开始厌烦他单调的声音。
• Then I felt a pall of darkness covering all.
  我则被一片黑色罩住了。
• Her interest began to pall once she realized I was not rich.
  一旦意识到我并不富有，她就变得索然无味。
• We met up at the junction of Pall Mall and St james's street.
  我们在帕尔玛尔和圣詹姆斯街的交叉口会面了。
• The dreadful, haunting fear of nuclear warfare casts a sobering pall over all international relations.
  经常出现的对于核战争的恐惧在一切国际关系上投下了一道愁人的阴影。
• All those new cars have contributed to Beijing's pall.
  新增车辆也增加了北京的环境负担。