資料來源 : pyDict
灰色的,蒼白的,氣色不好的(使)成菜色柳屬植物,柳枝
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sallow \Sal"low\ (s[a^]l"l[-o]), n. [OE. salwe, AS. sealh; akin
to OHG. salaha, G. salweide, Icel. selja, L. salix, Ir. sail,
saileach, Gael. seileach, W. helyg, Gr. "eli`kh.]
1. The willow; willow twigs. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
And bend the pliant sallow to a shield. --Fawkes.
The sallow knows the basketmaker's thumb. --Emerson.
2. (Bot.) A name given to certain species of willow,
especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as
{Salix caprea}, {S. cinerea}, etc.
{Sallow thorn} (Bot.), a European thorny shrub ({Hippophae
rhamnoides}) much like an El[ae]agnus. The yellow berries
are sometimes used for making jelly, and the plant affords
a yellow dye.
Sallow \Sal"low\, a. [Compar. {Sallower}; superl. {Sallowest}.]
[AS. salu; akin to D. zaluw, OHG. salo, Icel. s["o]lr
yellow.]
Having a yellowish color; of a pale, sickly color, tinged
with yellow; as, a sallow skin. --Shak.
Sallow \Sal"low\, v. t.
To tinge with sallowness. [Poetic]
July breathes hot, sallows the crispy fields. --Lowell.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sallow
adj : unhealthy looking [syn: {sickly}]
n : any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having
large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and
charcoal
sallow
v : cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"