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grey

adjective
 
🔊/ɡreɪ/
🔊/ɡreɪ/
(US English usually gray)
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  1.  
     having the colour of smoke or ashes灰色的；烟灰色的；灰白色的
    • grey eyes/hair灰色的眼睛；灰白的头发
    • Her hair was turning grey.她的头发变白了。
    • His beard was going grey.他的胡须发灰。
    • wisps of grey smoke一缕缕灰色的烟雾
    • a grey suit 一套灰色西装
    see also dapple grey, iron-grey, slate-greyTopics Colours and Shapesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • uniformly
    • very
    • quite
    • …
    adjective
    • dark
    • light
    • pale
    • …
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  2.  
     (of the sky or weather天空或天气) not bright; full of clouds昏暗的；阴沉的
    • grey skies昏暗的天空
    • I hate these grey days.我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。🔊🔊
    • The sky looks very grey. I think it's going to rain.天色看起来非常阴暗，我想快要下雨了。
    Topics Weathera2
  3. [not usually before noun] having grey hair头发花白；头发灰白
    • He's gone very grey.他已满头银丝。🔊🔊
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    • She was completely grey by the age of thirty.她 30 岁就满头白发了。
    • He'd turned quite grey.他的头发明显花白了。
    Topics Appearancea1, Life stagesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • go
    • turn
    • …
    adverb
    • very
    • quite
    • slightly
    • …
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  4. (of a person’s skin colour人的肤色) pale, because they are ill, tired or sad苍白的
    • The next morning she looked very grey and hollow-eyed.第二天早上她脸色苍白，眼窝深陷。
    • His face was grey with pain.他痛得脸色煞白。
    Topics Appearanceb2
  5. without interest or variety; making you feel sad单调乏味的；忧郁的；沉闷的
    • Life seems grey and pointless without him.没有他，生活就显得沉闷而无意义。🔊🔊
  6. (disapproving) not interesting or attractive没趣味的；毫无吸引力的
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    • She had to talk to some grey under-secretary from the Ministry.她不得不同该部的一些灰色副部长交谈。
    • Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits.我们公司不是由那些身穿套装、沉闷无趣的人所经营的。
    • It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy.那一城市被认为是实行死板官僚体制的地方。
  7. [only before noun] connected with old people老年人的
    • the grey vote老年人的投票总数
    • grey power长者对社会的影响力
    8. Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.

grey

noun
 
🔊/ɡreɪ/
🔊/ɡreɪ/
(US English usually gray)
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  1.  
     [uncountable, countable] the colour of smoke or ashes灰色；烟灰色；灰白色
    • the dull grey of the sky暗灰色的天空
    • dressed in grey身着灰色衣服
    • light/pale grey浅/浅灰色
    • His eyes are a dark grey.他的眼睛是深灰色。
    • The adult male's wings are of light grey.成年男性的翅膀是浅灰色的。
    • an exquisite range of soft greys精美的柔和灰色
    Topics Colours and Shapesa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • uniformly
    • very
    • quite
    • …
    adjective
    • dark
    • light
    • pale
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a grey or white horse灰马；白马
    • She's riding the grey.她骑着一匹灰马。🔊🔊
    see also dapple grey
    3. Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.

grey

verb
🔊/ɡreɪ/
🔊/ɡreɪ/
(US English usually gray)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they grey
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he / she / it greys
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past simple greyed
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past participle greyed
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-ing form greying
🔊/ˈɡreɪɪŋ/
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  1. (of hair头发) to become grey变灰白；变花白
    • His hair was greying at the sides.他的两鬓已渐渐斑白。🔊🔊
    • a tall woman with greying hair头发渐白的高个子女人
    Topics Life stagesb2
    Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.