English Dictionary

cast a pall

verb

(transitive with on or over) To spoil (something); to cast a feeling of gloom (over something).

The dark clouds cast a pall over the picnic.

意味（1）

(transitive with on or over) To spoil (something); to cast a feeling of gloom (over something).

There are some wonderful verbal volleys, but at times the piety is so thick it casts a pall on the humor — like walking out of a funeral and straight into a backyard bounce house.