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BNC: 1899 COCA: 37508
grey
gr 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。

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。

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

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

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1

noun¹

1 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) colour/color顏色ADVERB | ADJECTIVE ADVERBuniformly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ADJECTIVEdark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

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2

noun²

2 (especially BrE) (NAmE usually gray) with grey hair頭髮灰白VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe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。ADVERBvery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) pale1 (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...
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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