Pall



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.令人发腻, 失去吸引力
• ［英］ v.令人发腻, 失去吸引力 ( become boring)
• ［类］ 反义词: interest ( 有兴趣) ; intrigue ( 引起兴趣)
• ［例］ I find his books begin to pall after a while - they're all very similar.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, short for appallen to become pale — more at appall
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to lose strength or effectiveness
  • 2. to lose in interest or attraction <his humor began to pall on us>
  • 3. dwindle <our enthusiasm soon palled>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cause to become insipid
  • 2. to deprive of pleasure in something by satiating
• Synonyms: see satiate

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, cloak, mantle, from Old English p?ll, from Latin pallium
• Date: 14th century
• 1. pallium 1a
• 2.
  • a. a square of linen usually stiffened with cardboard that is used to cover the chalice
  • b.
    • (1) a heavy cloth draped over a coffin
    • (2) a coffin especially when holding a body
• 3.
  • a. something that covers or conceals; especially an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom <a pall of thick black smoke><a pall of suspicion>
  • b. a feeling of gloom <his absence cast a pall over the celebration>

III. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• to cover with a pall ; drape

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