palest

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. second-person singular simple present indicative of pale archaic,form-of,indicative,present,second-person
    — “[…] Who’s over me? Truth hath no confines. Take off thine eye! more intolerable than fiends’ glarings is a doltish stare! So, so; thou reddenest and palest; my heat has melted thee to anger-glow. But look ye, Starbuck, what is said in heat, that thing unsays itself.[…]”
形容词 adj.
  1. superlative form of pale: most pale form-of,superlative
    — So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin pallidus
Old French palebor.
Middle English pale
English pale
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English palest
From pale + -est.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Latin pallidus
Old French palebor.
Middle English pale
English pale
Proto-Indo-European *-yōs
Proto-Indo-European *-tHós
Proto-Indo-European *-istHos
Proto-Germanic *-istaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ist
Old English -est
Middle English -est
English -est
English palest
From pale + -est.
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