[每日] sallow (a) 灰黃色的
Word of the Day (Friday January 23, 2009)
sallow \SAL-oh\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://ppt.cc/cx!5
having a sickly, yellowish color
"After several days of flying in space, the astronauts may look
wan and sallow, so medical staff will put make-up on them to
make them look ruddy," the newspaper said.
-- The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-10-17
Actually, Thompson looked old and sallow, as he faced the cameras
for a few seconds before hopping into a waiting GMC Envoy.
-- The Washington Post, 2007-04-19
Old English salo "dusky, dark," from Proto Germanic *salwa-, from
Proto Indo-European base *sal- "dirty, gray."
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