grey
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
Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.
...a grey suit.
灰色套装
You use grey to describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.
...my grey hair...
我灰白的头发
Eddie was going grey.
埃迪的头发开始变白了。
If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.
It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。
If you describe a situation as grey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult.
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。
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.
...little grey men in suits.
身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们
Journalists sometimes use grey to describe things concerning old people.
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。
1. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
2. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
3. gray clothing;
1. make gray;
2. turn gray;
1. an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white;
2. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair;
3. used to signify the Confederate forces in the Civil War (who wore gray uniforms);
4. intermediate in character or position;
5. darkened with overcast;
dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
这些形容词都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。
The wall weathered to silvery grey.
由于雨打日晒,墙变成了银灰色.
May you two live together till old and grey.
愿你们两口儿白头偕老.
My hair is going grey.
我的头发渐变花白了.
His shaggy grey hair fell loosely across his brow.
他凌乱的白发蓬松地搭在额头.
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.