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pale
adj.蒼白的,灰白的 [ having little colour; having less color than usual]
ex. She was pale with fear.
她嚇得臉色發白。
ex. She has a pale complexion.
她面色蒼白
字源：from L. pallidus "pale, pallid, wan"
pallid
adj. =pale [Having an abnormally pale or wan complexion: the pallid face of
the invalid.]
ex. His dry pallid face often looked gaunt.
他那張幹癟蒼白的臉常常顯得憔悴。
from L. pallidus "pale"
Pallid Bat
pall
n.棺罩 [A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple.]
n. 深色的或厚重的覆蓋物 [A covering that darkens or obscures]
ex.(常見用的用法) A pall of smoke hung over the town. 市鎮上空籠罩著煙幕.
v.感到乏味(因過多或過久) [To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.]
ex. The pleasures of sunbathing began to pall (on us) after a week on the
beach.
我們在沙灘待了一週之後, 對日光浴已興致大減.
字源：pall原始的意思是cloak (披風)
palliate
pall-i-ate
v. [make(esp a pain or disease) less severe or unpleasant, withoutremoving
its cause; alleviate]
ps. 也可以指 減輕or掩飾罪行過失
ex. I never attempt to palliate my own foible by exposing the error of
another .
我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖減輕自己的缺點
字源：palliate的意思來自於pall，指的是將過錯給cover起來，使減輕過錯
Synonyms:
abate, allay,alleviate, assuage
exculpate, extenuate
mitigate,mollify
relieve
palliative
palliate-ive
adj. [serving to palliate]
ex. palliative care = 安寧治療
n.安慰劑 [Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without
effecting a cure.]
可以聽一下之前的podcast唷
Palliative Care
palmy
adj.多棕櫚的, 繁榮的 [Of or relating to palm trees, Prosperous; flourishing]
ex. This country enjoyed palmy days in the early sixties
palpitate
palpit-ate
v.心悸, 心臟急速跳動 [to pulsate with unusual rapidity from emotion,
disease, etc.]
ps. If someone's heart palpitates, it beats very fast in an irregular way,
because they are frightened or anxious.
ex. when she won the champion, her heart palpitated.
字源：from L. palpare "touch gently, stroke"，進而形成L. palpitare "to
throb, to flutter,"
palpable
palp-able
adj.摸得出的 [capable of being touched or felt; tangible.]
adj.明顯的 [=obvious; readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.]
ex. a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
字源：from L. palpare "touch gently, stroke"，因此palpable的概念就是touchable
音：palpa = 拍拍 ；摸的到
ps. palpiate --> palpable --> impalpable
心悸了，心臟跳很快(palpiate)，可以很明顯地摸的(palpable)到脈搏
palter
v.說模棱兩可的話 [=equivocate; to act insincerely or deceitfully]
ps. paltering is to use vague language in order to deceive people or to
avoid speaking the truth.
ex. Please answer my questions quickly and properly, not palter with them.
person + alter ~~這個person常常改變他的藉口，他一定是在paltering
paltry
adj.無價值的、不重要的 [=trivial;very small, unimportant]
ex. a paltry wage
字源：paltry最原始的概念是來自於垃圾trash
note
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paltry adj.無價值的、不重要的
pantry n.食品室 [a room for storing food] (想成跟平底鍋pan有關)
pastry n.糕點 (想成跟paste漿糊、麵糰一樣黏黏的)
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pamphlet
n.小冊子 [small book with a paper cover, usu containing information on a
subject of public interest or expressing a political opinion]
ps. 就是沒有硬cover的小冊子，他可以是一頁雙面列印，也可以是一大頁然後折成很
多頁的那種小冊子。
pan
n.平底鍋
v. 嚴厲批評 (infml 口) [criticize (sth) severely]
ex. The film was panned by the critics.
影片受到評論家的嚴厲批評.
ps.1 pan-當字首的時候 是指 "all" 是從希臘的字首來的
ps.2 Pan is the Greek god of shepherds, the people who watch and keep sheep.
Pan is a half-man, half-animal who live in the forest.
有電影叫《羊男的迷宮》，其實那個羊男就是Pan(潘神，希臘人的牧羊神)
panacea
pan(all)-ac(=Gk. akos; from Gk. iasthai to heal )-ea(ia; 病)
n.治百病的藥 [a remedy for all disease or ills; cure-all」
ex. There's no single panacea for the country's economic ills.
國家經濟弊病百出,並無萬靈藥可以醫治.
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