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BNC: 1899 COCA: 37508
grey
greɪ greɪ ɡreɪ
Word forms: comparative greyer, superlative greyest
in AM, use 美国英语用 gray
1 COLOUR 灰色 Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day. 灰色

  • ...a grey suit.

    灰色套装

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

  • ...my grey hair.

    我灰白的头发

  • Eddie was going grey.

    埃迪的头发开始变白了。

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

  • It was a grey, wet April Sunday.

    这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。

SYN dull, dark, dim, gloomy
greyness

  • ...winter's greyness.

    冬日的阴沉

4 ADJ-GRADED 沉闷的；阴郁的；暗淡的 If you describe a situation as grey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult. 沉闷的；阴郁的；暗淡的

  • 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。

SYN bleak, depressing, grim, discouraging
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 ADJ-GRADED 单调乏味的；无特色的；不吸引人的 If you describe someone or something as grey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people. 单调乏味的；无特色的；不吸引人的 [disapproval]

  • ...little grey men in suits.

    身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们

SYN boring, dull, anonymous, faceless
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 ADJ 老年人的（新闻用语） Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people. 老年人的（新闻用语）

  • 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。

Word Partnership
Word PartnershipUse grey with:
N.

grey eyes, grey hair, shades of grey, grey sky, grey suit 1

VERB.

go grey, turn grey 1

Trends of grey
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See also: gray

BNC: 1899 COCA: 37508
grey

adjective

, 1

noun¹

 1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) colour/color顏色ADVERB | ADJECTIVE ADVERB➤uniformly清一色的灰色▸➤very非常灰暗◇The sky looks very grey. I think it's going to rain.天色看起來非常陰暗，我想快要下雨了。➤quite, rather, slightly相當／頗為／有點兒灰暗ADJECTIVE➤dark深灰➤light, pale淺灰◇a light grey suit一套淺灰色的衣服➤charcoal, silvery, slate, steel深灰色；銀灰；青灰◇His steel gray hair was clipped short as usual.他青灰色的頭髮像往常一樣剪得短短的。  ➡ topic at colour
grey

adjective

, 2

noun²

 2 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) with grey hair頭髮灰白VERBS | ADVERB VERBS➤be頭髮花白▸➤go, turn頭髮變白◇He went grey before he was forty.不到 40 歲時他的頭髮就花白了。ADVERB➤very白頭髮很多➤quite, slightly頭髮明顯花白；頭髮有點兒花白◇He'd turned quite grey.他的頭髮明顯花白了。➤mostly大部份花白◇The old man's beard was mostly grey.那位老人鬍鬚大半花白。➤completely頭髮全花白了◇She was completely grey by the age of thirty.她 30 歲就滿頭白髮了。➤prematurely頭髮早白；少白頭
BNC: 1899 COCA: 37508
grey adj.
⇨ cloudy (grey skies) ⇨ drab (grey men in suits) ⇨ pale 1 (grey with lack of sleep)
BNC: 1899 COCA: 37508
grey
Words used to describe specific colours: alabaster, amber, amethyst...
Hair colour: a platinum blonde, auburn, blonde...
Looking unhealthy or ill: wan, pallid, green...
Words used to describe skin colour: a high colour, albino, (as) white as a sheet...
Moisture in the air, clouds and cloudy weather: bank, billow, cirrocumulus...
Not interesting or exciting: boring, dull, tedious...
Difficult or impossible to deal with: difficult, impossible, trying...
Old (of people): ancient, elderly, old...
Colours: apricot, aqua, aquamarine...
General animal types: adult, amphibian, animal...
To become a different colour: blacken, bleach, bleed...
What hair can do: flow, grey, grow out...

See also: pale blue/grey/pink etc

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