| 单词 | gray |
| 释义 | gray (once / 174 pages) 1adjnv 2nadj 3adj 4n 5n Because the color gray is between black and white — actually a mix of the two — it is often used to denote something dull or monotonous. When the sun comes out after a long stretch of gray days, you suddenly feel alive again. Everybody to the beach! You might feel old when you see your gray hairs, but I think they make you look wise and distinguished. Because gray is dull and indistinct, you can refer to something not quite clear as being "in a gray area." You often find some gray area between right and wrong . . . especially when you are accused of doing something wrong. Don’t worry about the British spelling "grey": it’s interchangeable with the American English spelling. WORD FAMILYgray: graily, grayed, grayer, grayest, graying, grayish, grayly, grayness, grays USAGE EXAMPLESHe is a cheerful, demonstrative man, seventy-six years old, with a short gray beard and a mobile face. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Silver-haired, wearing a gray dress shirt and black pants and a tie, he did not yell or pound his fist. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) The department also announced Friday that the recreational fishing season for gray triggerfish will remain closed for 2017 or until further notice. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black gray flannel suit Syn grayish, grey, greyish achromatic, neutral having no hue 2n a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black Syn|Hypo|Hyper grayness, grey, greyness ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey a light shade of grey charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford greya very dark grey color dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-greygrey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings iron-gray, iron-greythe color of freshly broken cast iron tattletale gray, tattletale greya greyish white Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel greyslightly purplish or bluish dark grey achromatic color, achromatic colour a color lacking hue; white or grey or black 3v make grey Syn|Hyper grey color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize add color to 4v turn grey 2Syn|Hyper grey color, colour, discolor, discolour change color, often in an undesired manner 1n clothing that is a grey color Syn|Hyper grey article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable a covering designed to be worn on a person's body 2n any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey Syn|Hypo|Hyper grey Army of the Confederacy, Confederate Army the southern army during the American Civil War organisation, organization a group of people who work together 3adj used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms) 3Syn grey southern in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line 1adj showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair Syn gray-haired, gray-headed, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired old (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age 2adj intermediate in character or position 4Syn grey intermediate lying between two extremes in time or space or state n horse of a light gray or whitish color 5Syn|Hyper grey mount, riding horse, saddle horse a lightweight horse kept for riding only n the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad Syn|Hyper Gy radioactivity unit a measure of radioactivity Gray (once / 636 pages) 1n 2n 3n 4n WORD FAMILY Gray: Grays USAGE EXAMPLESDarlington boss Martin Gray missed his side's game at Halifax on New Year's Day - because he was getting married. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Gray’s push for a new hospital east of the Anacostia River. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Houston got its first lead of the game at 33-32 on Gray’s layup with 2:37 before halftime. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 n English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965) 2Syn|Hyper Louis Harold Gray radiobiologist a biologist who studies the effects of radiation on living organisms n English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771) 3Syn|Exp Thomas Gray poet a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry) n United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888) 4Syn|Exp Asa Gray botanist, phytologist, plant scientist a biologist specializing in the study of plants n American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806) Syn|Exp Robert Gray navigator in earlier times, a person who explored by ship |
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