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grey
英[ɡreɪ] 美[ɡreɪ]
单词基本解释
adj.灰色的 n.灰色 vi.变成灰色
详尽释义
adj.(形容词)
  1. 灰白的
  2. 灰色的,烟灰色的
  3. 阴沉的,灰暗的,阴暗的
  4. 单调乏味的,没趣味的,毫无吸引力的,沉闷的
  5. 忧郁的
  6. 灰白头发的,衰老的
  7. 老练的,衰老的
  8. 灰不溜秋的
n.(名词)
  1. 灰色, 烟灰色 ,灰白色
  2. 灰马,白马
  3. 灰色衣服
  4. 鼠色
  5. 灰度
  6. 青毛
  7. 灰色颜料
  8. 灰色动物
  9. 本色布
  10. 微明
  11. 黎明
  12. 黄昏
  13. 阴冷的光
  14. 白人
  15. 格雷(1.Charles ,1764-1845,英国政治家,于1830-1834任首相,2.Lady Jane,1537-1554,爱德华六世死后任英女王仅九日,退位后被杀,3.Zane,1875-1939,美国小说家)
  16. gray的英国拼法
v.(动词)
  1. 头发变灰白
  2. (使)成灰色,变花白
双解释义
n.(名词)
  1. [U][C]灰色 grey colour
  2. [U]灰色衣服 grey clothes
adj.(形容词)
  1. 灰色的,灰白的 of the colour between black and white; coloured like ashes, slate, lead, etc.
  2. 灰暗的,阴沉的 dull; cloudy
  3. 郁闷的,单调乏味的 depressing; monotonous
  4. 无生气的,不突出的,无名的 having no life or attractive features; anonymous
英英释义
Noun:
  1. United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

  2. Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)

  3. Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)

  4. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey;

    "the Confederate army was a vast grey"

  5. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

  6. clothing that is a grey color;

    "he was dressed in grey"

  7. horse of a light gray or whitish color

Adjective:
  1. of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black;

    "the little grey cells"
    "gray flannel suit"
    "a man with greyish hair"

  2. showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair;

    "whose beard with age is hoar"
    "nodded his hoary head"

  3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms);

    "a stalwart grey figure"

  4. intermediate in character or position;

    "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"

Verb:
  1. make grey;

    "The painter decided to grey the sky"

  2. turn grey;

    "Her hair began to grey"

词典解释
in AM, use 美国英语用 gray

1.灰色
grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.

grey的翻译

e.g. ...agrey suit.
灰色套装

2.(头发)灰白的
You usegrey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.

e.g. ...mygrey hair...
我灰白的头发
e.g. Eddie was goinggrey.
埃迪的头发开始变白了。

3.(天气)昏暗的,阴沉的
If the weather isgrey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.

e.g. It was agrey, wet April Sunday.
这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。

greyness
...winter's greyness.
冬日的阴沉

4.沉闷的;阴郁的;暗淡的
If you describe a situation asgrey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult.

grey的意思

e.g. Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will begrey and cheerless.
展望新年,巴西人心情沮丧,甚至连总统都承认明年困难重重,不容乐观。

greyness
In this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks.
身处这个前景暗淡的新世界,人们力图排除所有的风险。

5.单调乏味的;无特色的;不吸引人的
If you describe someone or something asgrey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people.

e.g. ...littlegrey men in suits.
身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们

greyness
Journalists are frustrated by his apparent greyness.
他毫无个人魅力可言,这让记者们很失望。

6.老年人的(新闻用语)
Journalists sometimes usegrey to describe things concerning old people.

e.g. There was further evidence ofgrey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.
福特汽车公司为老年人设计的一款汽车于上周亮相,这进一步体现了老年消费者的购买力。

例句
常见句型
词汇搭配
经典引文
例句
Have you any grey pullovers in stock?

你们有灰色套头毛衣的现货吗?

Today, the canopy of the heavens is grey.

今天的天幕是灰色的。

The most popular color this autumn is grey.

今年最流行灰色。

The ashes from burnt grass make a good grey.

草灰可以成为很好的灰色染料。

Wood turns grey if weathered for a long time.

木材如果风干时间较长就变成灰色。

My black hair has turned completely grey.

我的黑发已全部变成灰色。

a tall woman with greying hair

头发渐白的高个子女人

His hair was greying at the sides.

他的两鬓已渐渐斑白。

She's riding the grey.

她骑着一匹灰马。

dressed in grey

身着灰色衣服

the dull grey of the sky

暗灰色的天空

grey power

长者对社会的影响力

the grey vote

老年人的投票总数

The company was full of faceless grey men who all looked the same.

公司里全是些缺乏个性、毫无吸引力的男人。

Life seems grey and pointless without him.

没有他生活就显得沉闷而无意义。

I hate these grey days.

我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。

grey skies

昏暗的天空

He's gone very grey.

他已满头银丝。

a grey suit

一套灰色西装

wisps of grey smoke

一缕缕灰色的烟雾

grey eyes'/hair

灰色的眼睛;灰白的头发

There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.

福特汽车公司为老年人设计的一款汽车于上周亮相,这进一步体现了老年消费者的购买力。

...little grey men in suits.

身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们

Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.

展望新年,巴西人心情沮丧,甚至连总统都承认明年困难重重,不容乐观。

It was a grey, wet April Sunday.

这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。

Eddie was going grey.

埃迪的头发开始变白了。

...my grey hair...

我灰白的头发

...a grey suit.

灰色套装

常见句型
用作名词(n.)
  1. This colour is grey.
    这种颜色是灰色。
  2. Some people like grey.
    有些人喜欢灰色。
  3. I never wear grey.
    我从不穿灰色服装。
  4. I'd like a pair in charcoal grey.
    我要一条深灰色的裤子。
  5. She was dressed in grey.
    她穿着灰色服装。
  6. The man in grey is Tom's father.
    那个穿灰衣服的人是汤姆的父亲。
  7. Nowadays few people like to be dressed in grey.
    如今,很少有人喜欢穿灰色的衣服了。
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. He changed into the anonymous costume of grey cotton shirt.
    他换上了一般人穿的灰色棉衬衫。
  2. He wore a grey suit.
    他穿一套灰衣服。
  3. He has grey hairs.
    他头发花白。
  4. The identity of these grey men of politics should be revealed.
    应揭露这些不露身份的政界人士的身份。
  5. What about that grey girl in New York?
    纽约的那位白人姑娘你中意吗?
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Henry's hair goes grey.
    亨利的头发变灰白了。
  2. Otto was still looking grey and very tired.
    奥托仍是面色苍白,显得疲惫不堪。
  3. The day started out grey, with a shower or two.
    天破晓时阴沉沉的,下了一两场阵雨。
  4. His face turned grey as he heard the bad news.
    当听到这个坏消息时,他的脸色变得灰白。
  5. To her, life seems grey and joyless.
    对她来讲,人生似乎很乏味。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. Her hair is going grey with worry.
    由于忧虑,她的头发在变灰白。
  2. She's gone quite grey in the last few years.
    这几年来,她的头发白得很厉害。
词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~形容词+~名词+~介词+~
用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词动词+~~+介词
经典引文
  • A blind old man, dressed in grey.

    出自:G. Downes
  • Down the grass path grey with dew.

    出自:Browning
  • He dusted the ashes from his white trousers, leaving one more grey smear.

    出自:G. Greene
  • It was already greying for the dawn.

    出自:S. R. Crockett
  • Tsvetayev was forty-five, a greying, slightly stooped figure.

    出自:E. Feinstein
词语用法
词义辨析
词源解说
近义词
临近词
词语用法
n.(名词)
  1. grey的基本意思是“灰色”,指介于黑、白两色之间的一种颜色。grey还可指“灰颜色的衣服”,此时多为不可数名词。
  2. grey也可写成gray,英式英语中多用前者,而美式英语中则偏重于后者。
  3. in grey表示“穿着灰色的衣服”。
adj.(形容词)
  1. grey用作形容词时的意思是“灰色的,灰白的”,指某一物体呈现出灰色或灰白色。还可指“灰暗的,阴沉的”,多用来修饰天气。grey还可用来指一个人的心情烦闷或生活空虚,即“郁闷的,单调乏味的”。grey还可指“无生气的,不突出的,无名的”。在黑人英语里, grey常用来指“白人,白人的”。
  2. grey在句中可用作定语或表语。
词义辨析
dark,dim,black,gloomy,obscure,vague,grey
  • 这些形容词都含有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”之意。
  • dark最普通用词,指缺乏自然光线或人工照明,使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。
  • dim指光线不足或视力较差,不能清晰地看见物体。
  • black侧重颜色是黑色的,有时也指无光的黑暗。
  • gloomy指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。
  • obscure指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清,失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。
  • vague通常作借喻用,形容抽象事物。
  • grey与dark意思相近,但侧重阴暗单调的意味。
  • 词源解说
    • ☆ 直接源自古英语的grag,意为灰色。

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