| 正面 | 1950.gray 英 [greɪ]美 [ɡre]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1、cit- "summon" + -e.adj. 灰色的；苍白的；灰白头发的；阴郁的n. 灰色；暗淡的光线vi. 成为灰色或灰白vt. 使成灰色或灰白n. (Gray)人名；(意)格拉伊；(英、法、葡、瑞典)格雷 例句： 1. His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。 gray 灰白色来自PIE*gher, 照耀，照明。此处指微光，灰白色。词义演变比较brown, 来自PIE*bher, 照耀，照明，词源同bright. gray (adj.)"of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity," Old English græg "gray" (Mercian grei), from Proto-Germanic *grewa- "gray" (cognates: Old Norse grar, Old Frisian gre, Middle Dutch gra, Dutch graw, Old High German grao, German grau), with no certain connections outside Germanic. French gris, Spanish gris, Italian grigio, Medieval Latin griseus are Germanic loan-words. The spelling distinction between British grey and U.S. gray developed 20c. Expression the gray mare is the better horse in reference to households ruled by wives is recorded from 1540s.gray (n.)c. 1200, from gray (adj.). Gray as figurative for "Southern troops in the U.S. Civil War" is first recorded 1863, in reference to their uniform color.gray (v.)"become gray, wither," 1610s (with an isolated instance from late 14c.), from gray (adj.). Related: Grayed; graying." |