名詞 pall:

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

動詞 pall:

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

1. A pall of mystery seem to hang over it all.
   整個事件似乎籠罩上一層神秘的氣氛。
2. The pleasures of sunbathing began to pall on us after a week on the beach.
   我們在沙灘上呆了一周之后，對日光浴已經(jīng)興致大減。
3. A pall of smoke hung over the town.
   市鎮(zhèn)上空籠罩著一層煙幕。

pall

n.（名詞）
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、紫色或白色的絲絨制成
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蓋物：
例句：
a pall of smoke over the city.
朦朧的煙幕籠罩著城市

A gloomy effect or atmosphere:
憂郁的氣氛：令人不快的影響或氣氛：
例句：
.A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 9'.(W. Bruce Lincoln)
.沮喪冷漠的氛圍籠罩著9'年二、三月的彼得格勒.(W.布魯斯·林肯)

Ecclesiastical
【基督教會】
A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
圣餐杯的罩布：用來蓋圣餐杯的亞麻布或覆有布的一塊厚紙板
See pallium
參見 pallium
v.tr.（及物動詞）
palled,pall.ing,palls
To cover with or as if with a pall.
覆上棺布，以布幕遮蓋：用或似乎用墓布蓋

來源：
Middle English pal
中古英語 pal
from Old English pôll [cloak, covering]
源自 古英語 pôll [寬大外衣，遮蓋物]
from Latin pallium
源自 拉丁語 pallium

pall
pall 2

v.（動詞）
palled,pall.ing,palls
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.
感到無聊，厭煩：變得單調(diào)、乏味或令人厭煩的
To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.
掃興：有單調(diào)、乏味或令人厭煩的影響
To become cloyed or satiated.
使生膩，過飽：變得生膩或過飽的
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To cloy; satiate.
使生膩；使過飽
To make vapid or wearisome.
使乏味：使單調(diào)乏味或令人生厭

來源：
Middle English pallen [to grow feeble]
中古英語 pallen [變得脆弱]
probably short for appallen * see appall
可能為 appallen的簡寫 *參見 appall