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Grey Hair Colour English Noun Gray Sky People

The flashcard defines "grey" as a color, similar to ashes or rainy day clouds. It can also describe hair that is turning white with age, or dull/gloomy weather. Figuratively, it can represent a monotonous or unpleasant situation, or lack of attractiveness and individuality. In journalism, "grey" can refer to matters concerning the elderly.

The flashcard defines "grey" as a color, similar to ashes or rainy day clouds. It can also describe hair that is turning white with age, or dull/gloomy weather. Figuratively, it can represent a monotonous or unpleasant situation, or lack of attractiveness and individuality. In journalism, "grey" can refer to matters concerning the elderly.

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grey ★★★★☆
/gre͟ɪ/
in AM, use 美国英语用 gray
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[COLOUR 颜色词]灰色 Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.
  • ...a grey suit.

    灰色套装

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
  • ...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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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.
  • 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

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  • 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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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.
  [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。

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[ADJ 形容词]老年人的(新闻用语) Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people.
  • 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。


Oxford grey ( especially BrE) ( NAmE usually gray ) / ɡreɪ ; NAmE ɡreɪ /
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grey greys greyed greying greyer greyest
adjective 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 wisps of grey smoke 一缕缕灰色的烟雾 a grey suit 一套灰色西装 2 [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。 3 (of the sky or weather 天空或天气 ) dull; 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。 4 (of a person's skin colour 人的肤色 ) pale and dull, because they are ill/sick, tired or sad 苍白的 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。 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 grey·ness / ɡreɪnəs ; NAmE ɡreɪnəs / ( especially BrE) ( NAmE usually gray·ness ) noun [uncountable ,  singular ] noun 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 2 [countable ] a grey or white horse 灰马;白马 She's riding the grey. 她骑着一匹灰马。 verb [intransitive ] (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 grey / ɡreɪ ; NAmE ɡreɪ / grey·ness / ɡreɪnəs ; NAmE ɡreɪnəs /
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grey1 adjective
grey2 noun
grey3 verb
greygrey1 British English, gray American English /ɡreɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective
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1colour having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white:  an old lady with grey hair a grey skydark/light grey dark grey trousers
battleship grey
, iron-grey
, → slate grey
at slate1(3)
2hair having grey hairgo/turn grey She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.3face looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or illgrey with As he listened, his face went grey with shock.4boring boring and unattractive OPP  colourful:  the grey anonymous men in government offices visions of a grey and empty world5weather if the weather is grey, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright OPP  bright:  a grey day6of old people [only before noun] British English connected with old people:  the grey vote7grey area used to talk about a situation in which something is not clearly a particular thing, so that people are not sure how to deal with it:  people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the governmentgreyness noun [uncountable]
grey1 adjective
grey2 noun
grey3 verb
greygrey2 British English, gray American English ●●● S3 W3 noun
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[countable, uncountable] the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white:  Do you have these skirts in grey? dull greys and browns
grey1 adjective
grey2 noun
grey3 verb
greygrey3 British English, gray American English verb
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[intransitive] if someone greys, their hair becomes grey:  Jim was greying a little at the temples. a full head of greying hair
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grey

[ɡreɪ]greyed, greying, greys

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灰色(80%),灰色的(19%),变成灰色(1%)
n.灰色
adj.灰色的;灰白的
vt.使变成灰色;使变老
vi.变成灰色;老化
n.(Grey)人名;(英、法)格雷

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