sallow
英 ['sæləʊ]
美 ['sælo]
- adj. 气色不好的；灰黄色的
- n. 黄华柳；黄华柳细枝
- vt. 成土色
- vi. 使……变成土色
助记提示
1. from PIE root *sal- "dirty, gray", *sal-有多重含义，其中之一就是此意，来源于原始德语、古德语。
2. 由首辅音即音变而得到：sallow.
3. 形近词：wallow, tallow, swallow, shallow, sallow, hallow, callow, fallow.
4. salic- => sallow.
5. 谐音“沙柳”。
6. 谐音“沙喽、晒喽、色喽”-----所谓黄沙、黄沙，就是像黄沙一样的颜色。沙子都是呈现出一种土黄色的。
7. 首字母s是颜色的色的声母，所以该词是表示颜色。
8. soil + yellow => *sellow => sallow: 土黄色, sand + yellow => sallow.
中文词源
sallow 黄华柳来自古英语 sealh,柳树，来自 Proto-Germanic*salhjon,柳树，来自 PIE*salik,柳树，词源同拉 丁语 salix,柳树。
sallow 脏的，土色的，土黄的，灰黄的来自古英语 salo,脏的，污泥的，昏暗的，来自 Proto-Germanic*salwa,脏的，来自 PIE*sal,脏 的，灰的，词源同 salopettes.
英文词源
- sallow
- sallow: [OE] English has two distinct words sallow. The adjective goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *salwa-, which was also borrowed into French as sale ‘dirty’. The underlying meaning appears to be ‘dark-coloured’. Its only surviving relative among the mainstream Germanic languages is Icelandic sölr ‘yellow’. Sallow ‘willow’ comes from a prehistoric Germanic *salkhaz, which also produced French saule ‘willow’ and was distantly related to Latin salix ‘willow’.
- sallow (n.)
- "shrubby willow plant," Old English sealh (Anglian salh), from Proto-Germanic *salhjon (cognates: Old Norse selja, Old High German salaha, and first element in German compound Salweide), from PIE *sal(i)k- "willow" (cognates: Latin salix "willow," Middle Irish sail, Welsh helygen, Breton halegen "willow"). French saule "willow" is from Frankish salha, from the Germanic root. Used in Palm Sunday processions and decorations in England before the importing of real palm leaves began.
- sallow (adj.)
- Old English salo "dusky, dark" (related to sol "dark, dirty"), from Proto-Germanic *salwa- (cognates: Middle Dutch salu "discolored, dirty," Old High German salo "dirty gray," Old Norse sölr "dirty yellow"), from PIE root *sal- (2) "dirty, gray" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic slavojocije "grayish-blue color," Russian solovoj "cream-colored"). Related: Sallowness.
双语例句
- 1. Her sallow skin was drawn tightly across the bones of her face.
- 她那蜡黄的皮肤紧紧地包着脸上的骨头。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His face was sallow and shiny with sweat.
- 他脸色蜡黄，汗珠津津。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She had lank hair and sallow skin.
- 她头发平直，皮肤发黄。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. There was a dark oily gleam in his sallow face.
- 他的脸上的青黄色里,映射着一层暗的油光.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
- 5. He was a sallow youth with hair combed back.
- 他是一个肤色发黄的青年,留着个背头.
来自辞典例句