pall
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/pɔːl/
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/pɔːl/
A heavy, dark cloud of something, usually making people feel sad or less hopeful.
The sad news brought a pall of sadness over the celebration.
悲傷的消息給慶祝活動蒙上了一層悲傷。
A cloth that covers a coffin.
A pall was draped over the coffin at the funeral.
在葬禮上,棺材上披著一塊幕布。
To become less interesting or boring because it is too familiar.
At first, the game was fun, but it began to pall after playing it for hours.
起初,遊戲很有趣,但玩了幾個小時後開始變得索然無味。