a pall of something

literary an unpleasant quality that seems to be in a place or situation 某事物的阴影[不好气氛]

The area is enveloped in a pall of neglect.

那个地区笼罩在一片荒凉的气氛中。

Examples from the Corpus

a pall of something• When he got to the car the engine was running and a pall of acrid fumes gathered in the still air.• The Internal Investigations Division, a self-policing unit set up by Wilson, had become known as a pall of whitewash.• One would find oneself driving along in a pall of black poison.• The smoldering ruins wrapped the city in a pall of smoke.• The south in particular was enveloped in a pall of neglect.• His excitement meant nothing to her; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash.

→ a pall of something at pall2(1)

词汇	a pall of something
释义	a pall of something a pall of something literary an unpleasant quality that seems to be in a place or situation 某事物的阴影[不好气氛] The area is enveloped in a pall of neglect. 那个地区笼罩在一片荒凉的气氛中。 Examples from the Corpus a pall of something• When he got to the car the engine was running and a pall of acrid fumes gathered in the still air.• The Internal Investigations Division, a self-policing unit set up by Wilson, had become known as a pall of whitewash.• One would find oneself driving along in a pall of black poison.• The smoldering ruins wrapped the city in a pall of smoke.• The south in particular was enveloped in a pall of neglect.• His excitement meant nothing to her; she felt she was covering him with a pall of ash. → a pall of something at pall2(1)
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