The freshly green foliage looked sickly, the dogwood pallid, and the flowering crab, so beautifully pink a moment ago, faded and dreary.

• 那些新生的绿叶也失去了生气，山茱萸变得苍白了，开花的山楂刚才还那么娇娇艳，现在也突然凋谢了。