pallid

[US]/ˈpælɪd/
[UK]/ˈpælɪd/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. blek, saknar livlighet.

Phrases & Collocations

pallid skin

blek hy

pallid complexion

blek hudton

Example Sentences

the pallid face of the invalid.

den bleka ansiktet på den sjuke.

She had a pallid look.

Hon hade ett blekt utseende.

a pallid ray of winter sun.

en blek stråle av vinter sol.

make...seem pallid by comparsion

få...verka blek i jämförelse

Some excerpts from a Renaissance mass are spatchcocked into Gluck’s pallid Don Juan music.

Vissa utdrag från en renässansmässa är spatchcocked in i Glucks bleka Don Juan-musik.

Mrs. Tremaine grew more and more worried at his pallid face and stertorous breathing.

Mrs. Tremaine blev mer och mer orolig över hans bleka ansikte och störtande andning.

Capsule subglobose, leathery, pallid, cinereous-luteous or cinereous-brunescent, surface usually with densely squarrulose macula or smooth, loculicidally dehiscent.

Kapsel subglobös, läderartad, blek, cinereous-luteous eller cinereous-brunescent, ytan vanligtvis med tätt squarrulos macula eller slät, loculicidally dehiscent.

As her illness worsened her skin took on a pallid, greenish, lurid appearance. More often the term describes what shocks because of its terrible and ghastly nature:

När hennes sjukdom förvärrades fick hennes hud ett blekt, grönaktigt, skrämmande utseende. Ofta beskriver termen det som chockar på grund av sin fruktansvärda och hemska natur:

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