pallor
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. (臉色等的)蒼白,灰白[U]
Pallor suggested a marked reduction in the flow of blood in shock.
臉色灰白表明受驚時,血液流動明顯減少。
Nicknamed "Bobby Milk" for his pallor, the youthful De Niro joined a Little Italy street gang, but the direction of his future had already been determined by his stage debut at age ten playing the Cowardly Lion in his school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
。缺乏
。消瘦
。肥胖
。貧窮 Meager
。顏色
iridescent
displaying a play of lustrous colors like those of the rainbow
On an aesthetic level, Denis [buoys] the film [with] an almost hypnotically meditative, nocturnal atmosphere, rich with the iridescent [neon] of urban architecture -- and paced so deliberately that the story almost seems to be unfolding in real time.
pellucid
limpid
clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air
Didn't you ever tell a girl pretty things? She's got hair like the west wind, eyes like limpid [pools], skin like velvet?
pigment
That the actors looks so dissimilar (mannerism, demeanor, skin [pigmentation]) helps us disconnect ourselves from the idea that two people who look exactly alike can trade identity in a meaningful way.
sepia
secretion of various cuttlefish
with whom the Spirit shares a troubled, sepia-[toned] history
and while you can't help noticing that they had to add a little sepia [tone] to make Huston pass for 20 years younger,
Creating gorgeous, textured shots of a deserted rail line or a sepia-[toned] New Orleans evening, Howe's work gives life to "Property,"
magenta
Magenta. A little ocher.
peroxide
Mae, a voluptuous, peroxided [blonde] and former singer, is showing signs of becoming unhinged.【化】過氧化氫
What's that ? Just some peroxide.
Hey, Rach, was that the guy with the peroxide hair?
ashen
In Ms. Thomson's anguished performance she suggests a [gaunt], [ashen[ Madonna with [cavernous] eyes who spends much of her time in a state of quivering [catatonia].
opal
Fernando gave me this. It's an engagement ring. A [mauve] opal. 蛋白,乳白玻璃
leuco
a combining form with the meanings white, white blood cell, used in the formation of compound words
vat, preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base
leukorrhoea
The lesion, not surprisingly causes diffuse enlargement of the cervix and, of course, our old friend, leucorrhoea.
henna
Nair stuffs the film with dancing, [henna], ornamentation, and group song
batik
Numer 26, your word is "batik"
camouflage
Drab plumage provides the bird with camouflage against [predators]
His loud laughter is really [camouflage] for his basic shyness.
Simon Theory, the heavyset, camouflage [wearing] man in the Marx Suite
I sat up the rest of the night writing a column about him., demolished his affectations, exposed his camouflaged imitations of better painters, ridiculed his theories.
Watch this, and then camouflage the move. Pay attention.
mauve
black moccasins, mauve socks, and a fresh pair of jockey pants in case of assassination.
The next I knew, he was arrested by the police for floating nude down the Seine, experimenting in river currents with rubber water wings. Mauve ones.
wan
Radha Mitchell is rather [wan] as her chief love interest
This time the visitor is David Bowie, [pale] and [wan], making a crash landing in a southwestern lake.
pallor
In fact, I was wondering whether you might not care to pass some of your secrets on to your mistress, and help her get rid of her pallor.
pallid
there is stark evidence of his disgust at the [pallid] charitable gesture in the greed and meanness with which he has [imbued] these bums.
"...and the [raven], never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting on the [pallid] bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door."
lurid
sanguine
To sustain their [sanguinary] requirements, the pair cruises New York nightclubs in search of victims,
vermilion
cinnabar
anemic
Creaks along like an anemic [snail]
florid
I only read the first chapter, but the author's style struck me as [excessively elaborate] and [almost florid].
whose previous work includes the florid [thriller] "Element of the Crime,"
maroon
the tow rope splits, and Tom is marooned [alone] in the ocean, the sun [blistering] his skin.
dun
The dun-[shaded] chromatic scheme seems part of the general [haplessness] 討債者
beige
but it seems like a beige raincoat in comparison to, say, Tears of the Black Tiger or The Good, The Bad and The Weird.
This time, it's Atonement helmer Joe Wright directing a Chanel Coco Mademoiselle ad in which Chanel spokesmodel / actress Keira Knightley [dons] a sexy beige [jumpsuit], rides around Paris on a motorcycle, and strings along a handsome photographer — all while wearing the Coco Mademoiselle scent, of course.
macintosh
He was wearing a dirty mackintosh. Clairvoyant usually do.
Observe my foresight. I never venture forth without my macintish.
tawny
At 33, he has a tawny, domineering [fiancée]
Mel Coplin finds himself the brother of tawny [blond] volleyball-playing twins.
drab
During moments of play, when the characters are flirting, dancing, or playing music, the filmmaking [gels] into a sensual reverie, but in moments of seriousness the movie feels rather [pedestrian], and the actors in particular are [drab] and unconvincing.
ocher
the ochre beauty of [Barcelona]【礦】赭石,赭土
ruddle
What Rourke offers us, in short, is not just a comeback performance but something much rarer: a rounded, [raddled] portrait of a good man.【礦】紅土,代赭石
rubric
Seven of these have appeared under the magazine’s [rubric] "Shouts and Murmurs,"
daffodil
we'll have a lovely garden with roses and daffodils. 黃水仙
saffron
hence the impressionistic waves of [saffron] that lap the screen when Aaron and his newfound pals are [capering] to and fro. 藏紅花
tangerine
emerald
You didn't even look at it. I don't have to. No matter what you gave me, it'd be the same. Here. Let me show you. It's a good emerald. A really good one. 祖母綠,綠寶石
celadon
patina
Ellis works hard to [gloss] up this sicko conceit, applying a patina of [winsome] quirkiness
livid
having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation, etc., as the face, flesh, hands, or nails
I also overheard her making insulting remarks about Mrs. Hulme. I was livid.
amethyst
That's a real amethyst... 【礦】紫水晶
turquoise
Purple. Idigo. Turquoise. 綠松石
Broad beans, in the natural state, aren't usually turquoise.
The parched, stony wasteland in which they train abuts a gorgeous turquoise [sea] from whose waters jut three volcanic islands.
The heat, the disco, the golden beaches, and the turquoise [sea] suggest a weird sort of Club Med. Apparently crucial to their basic training is the ability to iron a perfect uniform [crease].
Mmmmm never have I loved reds bleeding into pinks before... perhaps it's the hypnotic turquoise of Joaquin's eyes?
sapphire
l don't know if l like the sapphire... with the... [Turquoise]. With the turquoise on the side there. 藍寶石
"Among the jewels it contains are the ruby of the Black Prince, the size of a hen's egg, the Stuart sapphire, which was among the jewels James II took with him when he fled to France, and the diamonds and pearls from the earrings of Queen Elizabeth."
swarthy
Tony is ambushed and kidnapped by [swarthy] insurgent types who take him to a cave
obsidian
Are you kidding? I have a brand new, obsidian black Audi TT.【礦】黑曜石
graphite
"graphite"【礦】石墨
alabaster
a perfect alabaster [form], still taking blows from the sculptor's [chisel].
gilt
Everything is [gilt] or [silver], crystal or velvet or ivory.
Don't [gild] that lily, ok?
That belt in the window last week. It was black patent leather with a gilt buckel.
ormolu
A mirror with gilt ormolu frame.
Pallor
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