pall

noun

/pɔːl/

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[usually singular] pall of something a thick dark cloud of something浓密的云烟；尘烟
- a pall of smoke/dust一团烟雾／沙尘
- (figurative) News of her death cast a pall over the event.她死亡的消息给这件事蒙上了阴影。
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a cloth spread over a coffin (= a box used for burying a dead person in)柩衣；棺材罩布

Word Originnoun Old English pæll ‘rich (purple) cloth’, ‘cloth cover for a chalice’, from Latin pallium ‘covering, cloak’.

verb

/pɔːl/

[intransitive] not used in the progressive tenses不用于进行时

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they pall	/pɔːl/ /pɔːl/
he / she / it palls	/pɔːlz/ /pɔːlz/
past simple palled	/pɔːld/ /pɔːld/
past participle palled	/pɔːld/ /pɔːld/
past simple palling	/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈpɔːlɪŋ/
past participle palling	/ˈpɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈpɔːlɪŋ/

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pall (on somebody) to become less interesting to somebody over a period of time because they have done or seen it too much（因见或做得过多而）失去魅力，使人厌倦
- 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。
Word Originverb late Middle English: shortening of appal.

BNC: 20829 COCA: 20025

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