(noun.) any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal.
(verb.) cause to become sallow; 'The illness has sallowed her face'.
(adj.) unhealthy looking .
贝丝录入
双语例句
Riviere's sallow skin. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow father, and frothing her light draperies, proceeded over the eternal red carpet. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Her complexion was sallow and unhealthy, her cheeks thin, her features sharp, and her whole form emaciated. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram--very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
As I entered, a sallow Malay attendant had hurried up with a pipe for me and a supply of the drug, beckoning me to an empty berth. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
Paul, for light enough still lingered to show the velvet blackness of his close-shorn head, and the sallow ivory of his brow) looked in. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
However, she is married; I saw her wedding-ring on that wonderful left hand, otherwise I should have thought the sallow Geistlicher was her father. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.