pall

名词 pall:

1. a sudden numbing dread
   同义词：chill
2. burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
   同义词：shroud, cerement, winding-sheet, winding-clothes
3. hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
   同义词：curtain, drape, drapery, mantle

动词 pall:

1. become less interesting or attractive
   同义词：dull
2. cause to lose courage
   同义词：daunt, dash, scare off, frighten off, scare away, frighten away, scare
3. cover with a pall
4. cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
   同义词：cloy
5. cause to become flat
6. lose sparkle or bouquet
   同义词：die, become flat
7. lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
8. get tired of something or somebody
   同义词：tire, weary, fatigue, jade

1. A pall of mystery seem to hang over it all.
   整个事件似乎笼罩上一层神秘的气氛。
2. The pleasures of sunbathing began to pall on us after a week on the beach.
   我们在沙滩上呆了一周之后，对日光浴已经兴致大减。
3. A pall of smoke hung over the town.
   市镇上空笼罩着一层烟幕。

pall

n.（名词）
A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.
棺罩，柩衣，墓布：棺罩，柩衣，墓布，常由黑色、紫色或白色的丝绒制成
A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.
棺材：棺材，尤指已抬到墓地的

A covering that darkens or obscures:
帷幕：暗的或模糊不清的遮盖物：
例句：
a pall of smoke over the city.
朦胧的烟幕笼罩着城市

A gloomy effect or atmosphere:
忧郁的气氛：令人不快的影响或气氛：
例句：
.A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 9'.(W. Bruce Lincoln)
.沮丧冷漠的氛围笼罩着9'年二、三月的彼得格勒.(W.布鲁斯·林肯)

Ecclesiastical
【基督教会】
A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
圣餐杯的罩布：用来盖圣餐杯的亚麻布或覆有布的一块厚纸板
See pallium
参见 pallium
v.tr.（及物动词）
palled,pall.ing,palls
To cover with or as if with a pall.
覆上棺布，以布幕遮盖：用或似乎用墓布盖

来源：
Middle English pal
中古英语 pal
from Old English pôll [cloak, covering]
源自 古英语 pôll [宽大外衣，遮盖物]
from Latin pallium
源自 拉丁语 pallium

pall
pall 2

v.（动词）
palled,pall.ing,palls
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.
感到无聊，厌烦：变得单调、乏味或令人厌烦的
To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.
扫兴：有单调、乏味或令人厌烦的影响
To become cloyed or satiated.
使生腻，过饱：变得生腻或过饱的
v.tr.（及物动词）
To cloy; satiate.
使生腻；使过饱
To make vapid or wearisome.
使乏味：使单调乏味或令人生厌

来源：
Middle English pallen [to grow feeble]
中古英语 pallen [变得脆弱]
probably short for appallen * see appall
可能为 appallen的简写 *参见 appall