grey

A1 CET-4 Oxf 3000 高中 FREQ #3578 ★★★★★

n. 灰色 a. 灰色的, 阴沉的 v. (使)成灰色

发音

UK /ɡɹeɪ/
US /ɡɹeɪ/
US
CA

词形变化

greys 复数 greys greyed greying greys 三单 greying 现在分词 greyed 过去式 greyed 过去分词 greyer 比较级 greyer greyest more grey 比较级 greyest 最高级 most grey 最高级

别名

gry

教材释义与例句

名词

灰色

the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white

动词

使变成灰色；使变老

if someone greys, their hair becomes grey

形容词

灰色的；灰白的

having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white

释义与例句

n. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

v.
  1. 1.

    Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

adj. A1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.

  2. 2.

    Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

    南非 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

gray grayness greyness

上位词 10

wear organization mount clothing organisation wearable habiliment riding horse saddle horse vesture

下位词 9

silver charcoal ash gray ash grey iron blue iron gray iron grey silver-gray silver-grey
动词

同义词 1

gray

上位词 10

color colour color in colorise colorize colour in colourise colourize discolor discolour
形容词

同义词 10

gray grizzly white-haired gray-haired gray-headed grayish grey-haired grey-headed greyish hoar

近义相关 5

old southern neutral intermediate achromatic

相关短语

grey wolf 大灰狼; 苍狼（产于欧亚大陆和北美） grey heron 苍鹭 grey mullet na. 【动】鲻鱼 [网络] 乌鱼；灰鲻鱼；乌头 grey area [经] 灰色地区 grey nomad grey matter （中枢神经系统的）灰质, 灰白质, <口>头脑 grey goo grey ghost grey mullets grey market [经] 灰色市场 grey ghosts grey areas grey red-backed vole grey seal

词源

From Middle English grey, from Old English grǣġ, from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).

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