| 英语单词 | gray |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɡreɪ] 美 [ɡreɪ] |
| 中文释义 | adj.灰色的;暗淡的 n.灰色;暗淡 v.变灰色;使 ... 变灰色 Gray n.格雷(男子名) |
| 英语例句 | (1) This monk wears a gray frock. (2) His hair became gray when he was only forty. (3) He dressed in gray. (4) A horse and foal stand out against the gray of the English moors. (5) The sea had been rough and the skies gray almost all the way over. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 这个和尚穿着灰色的僧袍。 (2) 他刚刚四十岁时,头发就变得灰白了。 (3) 他穿灰色衣服。 (4) 一匹野马和她的幼驹站在雾茫茫的英格兰荒野上。 (5) 几乎一路上都是海浪汹涌,天空灰朦朦的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Because the color gray is between black and white — actually a mix of the two — it is often used to denote something dull or monotonous. When the sun comes out after a long stretch of gray days, you suddenly feel alive again. Everybody to the beach! |
| vocabulary扩展 | You might feel old when you see your gray hairs, but I think they make you look wise and distinguished. Because gray is dull and indistinct, you can refer to something not quite clear as being "in a gray area." You often find some gray area between right and wrong . . . especially when you are accused of doing something wrong. Don’t worry about the British spelling "grey": it’s interchangeable with the American English spelling. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 →see: grey ; |
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