释义 |
greyness, grayness|ˈgreɪnɪs| Also 5 graynes, 6 graines. [f. grey a. + -ness.] The state or quality of being grey; grey colour. Also fig.
1483Cath. Angl. 162/2 A Graynes of hare, canicies. 1597Broughton Ep. to Nobility Wks. III. 569 Judah feared to bring his fathers graines to Scheol with sorrow. 1611Cotgr., Gris,..graynesse, or the colour gray. 1746Harvey Flower Garden (1818) 80 The grayness of the dawn decays gradually. 1855Browning Men & Women, Andrea del Sarto 3 A common greyness silvers everything—All in a twilight. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 211/2 Here was no shade, no weird grayness. 1898Fotheringham Stud. Browning 416 He feels..the greyness of everything in his life and work. |