英语词汇“grey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

grey

(greɪ )

Word forms: greyer , greyest regional note: in AM, use gray

1. colour A1

Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.

...a grey suit.

2. adjective B1+

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.

Eddie was going grey.

3. adjective B2

If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.

It was a grey, wet April Sunday.

Synonyms: dull, dark, dim, gloomy

greyness uncountable noun

...winter's greyness.

4. adjective

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.

Synonyms: bleak, depressing, grim, discouraging

greyness uncountable noun

In this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks.

5. adjective

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. [disapproval]

...little grey men in suits.

Synonyms: boring, dull, anonymous, faceless

greyness uncountable noun

Journalists are frustrated by his apparent greyness.

6. adjective

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.

Idioms:

a grey area

a situation or subject that is nor clear or understood and that nobody really knows how to deal with

The court action has highlighted the many grey areas in the law affecting stolen animals.

Collocations:

grey hair

We are all extremely important men and we are all balding with grey hair and round spectacles.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

He was short and fat, with a beer belly and a great deal of grey hair, but there was little sign of age in his demeanour.

Harcourt, Palma DOUBLE DECEIT (2002)

Suddenly I was aware that his neatly parted grey hair was a wig, a discovery which triggered an irrational urge to break into laughter.

Secombe, Fred GOODBYE CURATE (2002)

He shows up only once in the flesh, a slim and unobtrusive figure with neatly combed grey hair.

Times, Sunday Times (2014)

All the extras have grey hair and a thick crust of spores and fungal matter on their face.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

grey light

We go outside, and in the gathering dusk he points out some deer moving like shadows in the grey light.

Times, Sunday Times

We left the curtains open - there was no need to draw them as the lightest it got was a grey light between 10am and 2.30pm.

Times, Sunday Times

I was wide awake by 6am (11, according to my body clock) and the room was filling with a grey light.

Times, Sunday Times

Not an owl on the bough, after all; but a patch of grey light forcing through fir.

The Times Literary Supplement

He possesses 'such a sharp memory that ... if he experienced a cloudy winter day, the memory of its grey light never left him'.

The Times Literary Supplement

grey mist

When she glanced down she found a flight of broad stairs, a flow of white marble between walls of grey mist.

Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993)

The ocean is grey, the sky is grey, the whole grey coastline is shrouded in a grey mist and dripping beneath the remorseless rain.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

That whole winter long she had felt as if her sun was all shrouded over with grey mist, and could no longer shine brightly for her.

Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864)

The hill was shrouded in a grey mist of drizzle.

Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003)

grey morning

It's the longest weekend of the year, and the grand and imperious gates are open to let in the sullen grey morning.

Times, Sunday Times

I woke to a grey morning and the sound of scaffolding and disc-saws.

Times, Sunday Times

He and three ushers wore grey morning suits with purple trim.

The Sun

grey sky

Cheerleaders danced, music blared and fireworks were blasted into the grey sky, but it was all slightly sterile.

It's midday, with a great dome of cold grey sky.

Times, Sunday Times

Flocks of dark little teal went speeding across the grey sky.

Times,Sunday Times

Red deer stags moved along the ridge a thousand feet overhead, only their antlers visible against the grey sky.

Times, Sunday Times

A grey river cutting through a flat, featureless landscape beneath a grey sky.

Times, Sunday Times

grey smoke

A second video filmed from a distance shows a vast pall of yellow and grey smoke and dust slowly wafting across the city.

Times, Sunday Times

Grey smoke from its engine mingled with petrol fumes and a metallic smell of burning.

Times, Sunday Times

A police boat launched tear gas canisters from the river that, leaving graceful arcs of acrid grey smoke, sped into the ranks of protesters.

Times, Sunday Times

The leaders entered the chicane side by side as their tyres spewed grey smoke.

Times, Sunday Times

Amid crackling gunfire, the truck sets off, disappearing behind a wall before a blast sends up plumes of grey smoke.

The Sun

grey suit

Putting on the charcoal grey suit and white shirt felt like a small victory for Daniel.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Dressed in a charcoal grey suit with white shirt and dark tie, he delivered his usual thumbs-up gesture before composing himself and walking into the court building.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

`Dark grey suit... Burberry raincoat... and a deerstalker hat.

Forsythe, Malcolm THE BOOK LADY (2002)

A little behind Edward marched Gladstone, the Prime Minister, his grey suit a splash of drabness in the military glitter.

Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE (2002)

All I have is a dreary old grey suit.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

grey zone

There's little comfort for those who want to find their way in the grey zone between the two.

Times, Sunday Times

The human complications of the grey zone in which many existed under totalitarianism had not occurred to him.

Times, Sunday Times

There are hundreds of such pharmacies, some linked to questionable suppliers, thriving in the grey zone between local and national laws.

Times, Sunday Times

You get the idea: we're in the grey zone between genius and insanity.

Times, Sunday Times

Military strategists call this 'hybrid warfare' and 'grey zone' battle.

The Sun

turn grey

The sky turned grey and the conversation turned into a job interview.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

His hair turned grey almost overnight and he wondered how they would bounce back.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Roy's pale skin turned grey, matching his unkempt hair, which had been mousy brown the last time she'd seen him.

Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002)

Translations:

Chinese: 灰色的

Japanese: 灰色の

单词	grey
释义	grey (greɪ ) Word forms: greyer , greyest regional note: in AM, use gray 1. colour A1 Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day. ...a grey suit. 2. adjective B1+ 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. Eddie was going grey. 3. adjective B2 If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull. It was a grey, wet April Sunday. Synonyms: dull, dark, dim, gloomy greyness uncountable noun ...winter's greyness. 4. adjective 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. Synonyms: bleak, depressing, grim, discouraging greyness uncountable noun In this new world of greyness there is an attempt to remove all risks. 5. adjective 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. [disapproval] ...little grey men in suits. Synonyms: boring, dull, anonymous, faceless greyness uncountable noun Journalists are frustrated by his apparent greyness. 6. adjective 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. Idioms: a grey area a situation or subject that is nor clear or understood and that nobody really knows how to deal with The court action has highlighted the many grey areas in the law affecting stolen animals. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: grey hair We are all extremely important men and we are all balding with grey hair and round spectacles. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He was short and fat, with a beer belly and a great deal of grey hair, but there was little sign of age in his demeanour. Harcourt, Palma DOUBLE DECEIT (2002) Suddenly I was aware that his neatly parted grey hair was a wig, a discovery which triggered an irrational urge to break into laughter. Secombe, Fred GOODBYE CURATE (2002) He shows up only once in the flesh, a slim and unobtrusive figure with neatly combed grey hair. Times, Sunday Times (2014) All the extras have grey hair and a thick crust of spores and fungal matter on their face. Times, Sunday Times (2016) grey light We go outside, and in the gathering dusk he points out some deer moving like shadows in the grey light. Times, Sunday Times We left the curtains open - there was no need to draw them as the lightest it got was a grey light between 10am and 2.30pm. Times, Sunday Times I was wide awake by 6am (11, according to my body clock) and the room was filling with a grey light. Times, Sunday Times Not an owl on the bough, after all; but a patch of grey light forcing through fir. The Times Literary Supplement He possesses 'such a sharp memory that ... if he experienced a cloudy winter day, the memory of its grey light never left him'. The Times Literary Supplement grey mist When she glanced down she found a flight of broad stairs, a flow of white marble between walls of grey mist. Kerr, Katharine A Time of War (1993) The ocean is grey, the sky is grey, the whole grey coastline is shrouded in a grey mist and dripping beneath the remorseless rain. Times, Sunday Times (2007) That whole winter long she had felt as if her sun was all shrouded over with grey mist, and could no longer shine brightly for her. Elizabeth Gaskell Wives and Daughters (1864) The hill was shrouded in a grey mist of drizzle. Aidan Hartley THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) grey morning It's the longest weekend of the year, and the grand and imperious gates are open to let in the sullen grey morning. Times, Sunday Times I woke to a grey morning and the sound of scaffolding and disc-saws. Times, Sunday Times He and three ushers wore grey morning suits with purple trim. The Sun grey sky Cheerleaders danced, music blared and fireworks were blasted into the grey sky, but it was all slightly sterile. ST It's midday, with a great dome of cold grey sky. Times, Sunday Times Flocks of dark little teal went speeding across the grey sky. Times,Sunday Times Red deer stags moved along the ridge a thousand feet overhead, only their antlers visible against the grey sky. Times, Sunday Times A grey river cutting through a flat, featureless landscape beneath a grey sky. Times, Sunday Times grey smoke A second video filmed from a distance shows a vast pall of yellow and grey smoke and dust slowly wafting across the city. Times, Sunday Times Grey smoke from its engine mingled with petrol fumes and a metallic smell of burning. Times, Sunday Times A police boat launched tear gas canisters from the river that, leaving graceful arcs of acrid grey smoke, sped into the ranks of protesters. Times, Sunday Times The leaders entered the chicane side by side as their tyres spewed grey smoke. Times, Sunday Times Amid crackling gunfire, the truck sets off, disappearing behind a wall before a blast sends up plumes of grey smoke. The Sun grey suit Putting on the charcoal grey suit and white shirt felt like a small victory for Daniel. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Dressed in a charcoal grey suit with white shirt and dark tie, he delivered his usual thumbs-up gesture before composing himself and walking into the court building. Times, Sunday Times (2007) `Dark grey suit... Burberry raincoat... and a deerstalker hat. Forsythe, Malcolm THE BOOK LADY (2002) A little behind Edward marched Gladstone, the Prime Minister, his grey suit a splash of drabness in the military glitter. Baxter, Stephen ANTI-ICE (2002) All I have is a dreary old grey suit. Times, Sunday Times (2015) grey zone There's little comfort for those who want to find their way in the grey zone between the two. Times, Sunday Times The human complications of the grey zone in which many existed under totalitarianism had not occurred to him. Times, Sunday Times There are hundreds of such pharmacies, some linked to questionable suppliers, thriving in the grey zone between local and national laws. Times, Sunday Times You get the idea: we're in the grey zone between genius and insanity. Times, Sunday Times Military strategists call this 'hybrid warfare' and 'grey zone' battle. The Sun turn grey The sky turned grey and the conversation turned into a job interview. Times, Sunday Times (2015) His hair turned grey almost overnight and he wondered how they would bounce back. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Roy's pale skin turned grey, matching his unkempt hair, which had been mousy brown the last time she'd seen him. Mark Burnell CHAMELEON (2002) Translations: Chinese: 灰色的 Japanese: 灰色の
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