grayey

词形变化

grayier 比较级 grayier grayiest grayiest 最高级

别名

greyey

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Somewhat gray.

    1852, Henry David Thoreau, journal entry dated 16 November, 1852, in Patrick F. O’Connell (ed.), Journal, Vol. 5, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997, p. 395, We sailed up Well Meadow Brook. The water is singularly grayey clear & cold.

    1953, Edward Sheehy, “The Black Mare” in Devin A. Garrity (ed.), 44 Irish Short Stories, New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1955, p. 416, [The mare] had a fine head, small, with lively pointed ears and a greyey velvet muzzle.

词源

From gray + -ey.

来源:wiktionary