adj. 灰白色的;由灰烬构成的;白蜡树的;梣木(制成)的
网络 灰色的; 铁青; 灰白
They listened ashen-faced to the news.
他们听着消息时面如死灰。
His face was ashen and wet with sweat.
他面如土色,汗如雨下。
The survivors were ashen-faced and visibly shaken.
幸存者们脸色苍白颤颤发抖。
She laughed and coughed, and the husband ran from the room with an ashen face, as if he´d seen a fulminating witch, some kind of horror flick apparition.
她边笑边咳嗽,丈夫脸色苍白从房间里跑出来,好像他见到了一个暴怒的巫婆,像是某种恐怖片里的幽灵似的。
His face turned ashen at the news.
听到这个消息他面无人色。