Old English p?ll "rich cloth or cloak, purple robe, altar cloth," from Latin pallium "cloak, coverlet, covering," in Tertullian, the garment worn by Christians instead of the Roman toga; related to pallo "robe, cloak," palla "long upper garment of Roman women," perhaps from the root of pellis "skin." Notion of "cloth spread over a coffin" (mid-15c.) led to figurative sense of "dark, gloomy mood" (1742).
pall (v.)
"become tiresome," 1700, from Middle English pallen "to become faint, fail in strength" (late 14c.), shortened form of appallen "to dismay, fill with horror or disgust" (see appall). Related: Palled; palling.
例文
1. A pall of oily black smoke drifted over the cliff-top.
油っこい黒い煙が崖の上に漂っている。
2.When the barge reached the shrine，acolytes removed the pall .
反駁船が聖地に到着すると、補助祭は柩衣を除去した。
3.We don 't want to cast a pall over the festivities.
祝祭に影を落としたくない。
4.It 's one of the few delights that never pall .
味気ないいくつかの楽しみの1つです。
5.The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing.