grey
adjective /ɡreɪ/
/ɡreɪ/
(US English usually gray)
- having the colour of smoke or ashes
灰色的；烟灰色的；灰白色的 - grey eyes/hair
灰色的眼睛；灰白的头发 - Her hair was turning grey.
她的头发开始变白了。 - His beard was going grey.
他的胡子开始变白了。 - wisps of grey smoke
一缕缕灰色的烟雾 - a grey suit
一套灰色西装
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- uniformly
- very
- quite
- …
- dark
- light
- pale
- …
- grey eyes/hair
- (of the sky or weather
天空或天气 昏暗的；阴沉的 - grey skies
昏暗的天空 - I hate these grey days.
我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。 - The sky looks very grey. I think it's going to rain.
天色看起来非常阴暗，我想快要下雨了。
- grey skies
- [not usually before noun] having grey hair
头发花白；头发灰白 - He's gone very grey.
他已满头银丝。
Wordfinder- auburn
- blonde
- dark
- fair
- ginger
- grey
- jet black
- mousy
- redhead
- sandy
Topics Appearancea1, Life stagesa1- She was completely grey by the age of thirty.
她 30 岁就满头白发了。 - He'd turned quite grey.
他的头发明显花白了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- go
- turn
- …
- very
- quite
- slightly
- …
- He's gone very grey.
- (of a person’s skin colour
人的肤色 苍白的 - The next morning she looked very grey and hollow-eyed.
第二天早上她脸色苍白，眼窝深陷。 - His face was grey with pain.
他痛得脸色煞白。
- The next morning she looked very grey and hollow-eyed.
- without interest or variety; making you feel sad
单调乏味的；忧郁的；沉闷的 - Life seems grey and pointless without him.
没有他，生活就显得沉闷而无意义。
- Life seems grey and pointless without him.
- (disapproving) not interesting or attractive
没趣味的；毫无吸引力的 - The company was full of faceless grey men who all looked the same.
公司里全是些缺乏个性、毫无吸引力的男人。
- She had to talk to some grey under-secretary from the Ministry.
她不得不跟部里的某个灰色副部长谈。 - Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits.
我们公司不是由那些身穿套装、沉闷无趣的人所经营的。 - It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy.
那一城市被认为是实行死板官僚体制的地方。
- The company was full of faceless grey men who all looked the same.
- [only before noun] connected with old people
老年人的 - the grey vote
老年人的投票总数 - grey power
长者对社会的影响力
- the grey vote
词源Old English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.