sallow

Word family adjectivesallowishsallowysallownounsallowness

Related topics: Human

sal·low /ˈsæləʊ $ -loʊ/ adjectiveadj

HBHsallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthy 〔皮肤〕灰黄色的，土色的

sallow face/skin/complexion

a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion

一个黑头发、脸色蜡黄的女人

—sallowness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

sallow• Would Andrew Cartboy, so tiny and sallow, become a Dynmouth Hard?• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• His face was sallow, his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk.• The imam still bore the mark of that experience in his gaunt frame and sallow, jaundiced complexion.• The drip, drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes.

sallow face/skin/complexion• He had a bony, tortured face, angry, slanting peacock-blue eyes, bronze curls and a sallow complexion.• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• He was a man in his late twenties, dark and thin with a sallow complexion.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes.• I stared up into the kind-eyed, sallow face of Catherine of Aragon.

Origin sallow

Old English salu

词汇	sallow
释义	sallow Word family adjectivesallowishsallowysallownounsallowness Related topics: Human sal·low /ˈsæləʊ $ -loʊ/ adjectiveadj HBHsallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthy 〔皮肤〕灰黄色的，土色的 sallow face/skin/complexion a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion 一个黑头发、脸色蜡黄的女人 —sallowness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus sallow• Would Andrew Cartboy, so tiny and sallow, become a Dynmouth Hard?• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• His face was sallow, his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk.• The imam still bore the mark of that experience in his gaunt frame and sallow, jaundiced complexion.• The drip, drip of winter skis propped up outside rooms have left their their sallow mark.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes. sallow face/skin/complexion• He had a bony, tortured face, angry, slanting peacock-blue eyes, bronze curls and a sallow complexion.• He liked the look of the man - about Jackson's own build, a lean, slightly sallow face.• He was a man in his late twenties, dark and thin with a sallow complexion.• The woman was slightly fat, with loose sallow skin and a slow and uneven gait.• He has lost weight and there is a new darkening in the sallow skin beneath his eyes.• I stared up into the kind-eyed, sallow face of Catherine of Aragon. Origin sallow Old English salu
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