a. pale,cold and lifeless as earth; death-like像泥土一般灰白、冰冷而無(wú)生命的,死一般的 △2H.VI.3.2.147: “And to survey his dead and earthy image.What were it but to make my sorrow greater?” 觀看他那死去的和冰冷的形象,除了增加我的悲傷還會(huì)怎樣? △H.VIII.4.2.97: “How pale she looks╱ And of an earthycold!”她的臉色好蒼白,而且像泥土一樣冷冰冰的! (按:意思是她就要死了。)