paleness
/ˈpeɪlnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈpeɪlnəs/ (ame, ipa)
paleness — 名詞
1. skin that looks unusually light or white, often because someone is ill, frighten
蒼白
因生病或情緒導致的膚色慘白
skin that looks unusually light or white, often because someone is ill, frightened, or tired.
The doctor noticed a sudden paleness in Aarav's face and asked him to sit down.
醫生注意到 Aarav 臉上突然出現蒼白，便請他坐下。
paleness in [body part] — common medical observation pattern
After three nights of fever, Heloísa's paleness worried her grandmother.
連續三晚發燒後，Heloísa 的蒼白讓她奶奶很擔心。
There was an unmistakable paleness around Emre's mouth as he stepped off the boat.
Emre 走下船時，嘴邊有一圈明顯的蒼白。
The nurse charted the paleness of the patient's lips alongside his low blood pressure.
護理師把病人嘴唇的蒼白和他偏低的血壓一起記錄下來。
文法句型
paleness of [body part]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person or a part of the face (cheeks, lips, skin). Often paired with a cause clause ("because of", "after", "from").
常見錯誤
2. the quality of a colour or surface being light or washed-out rather than deep an
淡色；淺色
顏色或物體偏淡、不飽和的特質
the quality of a colour or surface being light or washed-out rather than deep and saturated.
Mira chose the curtains for the paleness of their dusty pink tone.
Mira 挑這條窗簾，是看中它那種帶灰的粉紅淡色。
paleness of [colour] for describing softness of hue
The paleness of the old photograph made it hard to recognise the children in it.
那張舊照片的淡色已經讓人認不出裡面的小孩。
Andrew loved the paleness of spring leaves before they darkened in summer.
Andrew 很愛春天嫩葉那種淺色，夏天一到就會轉深。
Designers often play with the paleness of stone tiles to make small rooms feel bigger.
設計師常利用石磚的淺色，讓小房間看起來更寬敞。
文法句型
paleness of [colour / object]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense applies to colours, objects, fabrics, or surfaces — never to a person's skin. Subject is typically an object, material, or colour name.
3. the quality of light being weak, dim, or lacking in brightness.
微光；昏暗
光線微弱、不夠明亮的狀態
the quality of light being weak, dim, or lacking in brightness.
Gabriel walked through the paleness of the early winter dawn toward the bakery.
Gabriel 在初冬黎明的微光中走向那間麵包店。
paleness of [time of day] for weak natural light
The paleness of the moonlight barely reached the bottom of the well.
月光的微光勉強照到井底。
Sirin shivered in the paleness of the kitchen lamp after the storm cut the power.
暴風雨切斷電源後，Sirin 在廚房檯燈的昏暗中發抖。
There was a strange paleness to the afternoon sky just before the eclipse.
日蝕前的下午，天空透著一種怪異的昏暗。
- brightness
strong, intense light
- brilliance
dazzling intensity of light
文法句型
paleness of [light source]
用法筆記
Mostly literary or descriptive writing. Subject is a light source (sun, moon, lamp, dawn, sky). Distinguish from sense 2 — sense 3 is about the strength of light itself, not the colour of an object.