hoar

a. 白的, 灰色的, 发白的 n. 灰白, 灰白色, 白霜

发音

UK /hɔː/
CA /ho(ː)ɹ/
US /hoɹ/

词形变化

hoars hoaring hoars 三单 hoaring 现在分词 hoared 过去式 hoared 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A white or greyish-white colour.

    尨

  2. 2.

    Hoariness; antiquity.

v.
  1. 1.

    To become mouldy or musty.

    不及物 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a white or greyish-white colour.

  2. 2.

    Hoarily bearded.

    诗歌
  3. 3.

    Musty; mouldy; stale.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Figuratively, grey-haired with age.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

frost hoarfrost rime

上位词 2

ice water ice
形容词

同义词 9

gray grey grizzly white-haired gray-haired gray-headed grey-haired grey-headed hoary

近义相关 1

old

相关短语

hoar frost 树冰, 冰霜, 白霜 hoar frosts Hoar Cross

词源

From Middle English hor, hore, from Old English hār (“hoar, hoary, grey, old”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Cognate with German hehr (“noble, sublime”), Herr (“sir, gentleman”), Scottish Gaelic ciar (“dusky”), and Russian се́рый (séryj, “grey”).

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