sallow
adjective /ˈsæləʊ/
/ˈsæləʊ/
- (of a person’s skin or face
人的皮肤或面色 灰黄的；蜡黄的 - He was a small man with a thin sallow face.
他是一个瘦小的男人，有一张瘦削的蜡黄的脸。 - a sallow complexion
蜡黄的脸色
Collocations DictionarySallow is used with these nouns:- complexion
- face
- skin
- …
词源adjective Old English salo ‘dusky’, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse sǫlr ‘yellow’, from a base meaning ‘dirty’. - He was a small man with a thin sallow face.