grey
grey
英[ɡreɪ]美[ɡreɪ]
n.灰色；
adj.灰色的，头发灰白的，苍白的，昏暗的，沉闷的，单调乏味的，老年人的；
v.变灰白；
复数：greys;
第三人称单数：greys;
过去式：greyed;
过去分词：greyed;
现在分词：greying;
比较级：greyer;
*高级：greyest;
名词：greyness;
例句
The platform was crawling with grey-green uniforms.月台上全是穿灰绿色制服的人。
A wisp of grey hair stuck out from under her hat.从她的帽子下边露出一绺灰白的头发。
A grey day dawned upon the sleeping city.一个灰蒙蒙的白昼降临于这座沉睡的城市。
The grey shape resolved into a group of walkers.灰色的影子慢慢呈现为一群走路的人。
She was dressed in grey and looked suitably subdued.她身穿灰色衣服，看上去颜色柔和，很得体。
The grey ocean seethed beneath them.灰蒙蒙的大海在他们下面翻滚。
sharks lurking in the murky grey depths of the sea潜伏在大海浑浊深处的鲨鱼
His hair was touched with grey.他的头发有点斑白。
His shaggy grey hair fell loosely across his brow.他凌乱的白发蓬松地搭在额头。
What about that grey girl in New York?纽约的那位白人姑娘你中意吗?
英语六级真题
But the reservoir of women able and willing to take up paid work is running low, and the baby-boomers are going grey.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
COLOUR
灰色
Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.
例句
...a grey suit.灰色套装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.
例句
...my grey hair...我灰白的头发Eddie was going grey.埃迪的头发开始变白了。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.
例句
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。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.
例句
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。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.
例句
...little grey men in suits.身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们ADJ
老年人的（新闻用语）
Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
灰色, 烟灰色, 灰白色
This colour is grey.这种颜色是灰色。灰色衣服
She was dressed in grey.她穿着灰色服装。灰马；白马
adj.
灰色的, 灰白的, 烟灰色的
He wore a grey suit.他穿一套灰衣服。His face turned grey as he heard the bad news.当听到这个坏消息时, 他的脸色变得灰白。灰发的
He is growing grey.他头发白起来了。灰暗的, 阴沉的
The day started out grey with a shower or two.天破晓时阴沉沉的, 下了一两场阵雨。郁闷的, 单调乏味的
To her, life seems grey and joyless.对她来讲, 人生似乎很乏味。无生气的, 不突出的, 无名的
The identity of these grey men of politics should be revealed.应揭露这些不露身份的*界人士的身份。白人的, 人的肤色苍白的
What about that grey girl in New York?纽约的那位白人姑娘你中意吗?头发花白；头发灰白
没趣味的；毫无吸引力的
vi.
头发变灰白；变花白
英英词典释义
Noun
1. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
"the Confederate army was a vast gray"2. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
3. gray clothing;
"he was dressed in gray"Verb
1. make gray;
"The painter decided to grey the sky"2. turn gray;
"Her hair began to gray"Adjective
1. an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white;
"gray flannel suit""hair just turning gray"2. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair;
"whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge"nodded his hoary head"3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms);
"a stalwart gray figure"4. intermediate in character or position;
"a gray area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"5. darkened with overcast;
"a dark day""a dull sky""a gray rainy afternoon""gray clouds""the sky was leaden and thick"
