Sallow

(noun.) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.

(verb.) cause to become sallow; 'The illness has sallowed her face'.

(adj.) unhealthy looking .

贝丝录入

• Riviere's sallow skin. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Her complexion was sallow and unhealthy, her cheeks thin, her features sharp, and her whole form emaciated. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram--very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Paul, for light enough still lingered to show the velvet blackness of his close-shorn head, and the sallow ivory of his brow) looked in. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• However, she is married; I saw her wedding-ring on that wonderful left hand, otherwise I should have thought the sallow Geistlicher was her father. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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