"sallow" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 蠟黃色的（皮膚）

Definition

形容皮膚呈現蠟黃色或蒼白，通常因生病或疲勞。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

較正式和書面語，日常會話中很少使用。主要描述生病時膚色。不要與 'shallow'（淺的）混淆。

Examples

Her face looked sallow after she was sick.

她生病後臉色變得**蠟黃**。

The boy's sallow skin worried his mother.

男孩的**蠟黃色**皮膚讓他媽媽很擔心。

He had a sallow complexion from staying indoors all week.

他因為整週都待在家裡，膚色變得**蠟黃**。

After nights of no sleep, his skin looked really sallow.

連續幾晚沒睡後，他的皮膚變得很**蠟黃**。

The pale, sallow light of dawn made everyone look tired.

黎明時**蠟黃色**微弱的光線讓大家看起來都很累。

People often look sallow after the flu, but their color comes back soon.

人們流感後經常會看起來**蠟黃**，但很快就會恢復。