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单词 grayness
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gray1 or grey /greɪ/USA pronunciation   adj., gray•er, gray•est or grey•er, grey•est, n. 
adj. 
  1. of a color between white and black;
    having a neutral hue.
  2. dull and dreary:gray skies.
  3. having gray hair:was prematurely gray.
  4. not clearly one thing or the other:[before a noun]the gray area between realism and abstraction.

n. 
  1. [uncountable] a color intermediate between white and black.
  2. gray material or clothing: [uncountable]to dress in gray.[countable]dressed in grays and blues.
  3. [countable] a horse of a gray color.
gray•ish, adj. 
gray•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gray1  (grā),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, n., v. 
adj. 
  1. of a color between white and black;
    having a neutral hue.
  2. dark, dismal, or gloomy:gray skies.
  3. dull, dreary, or monotonous.
  4. having gray hair;
    gray-headed.
  5. pertaining to old age;
    mature.
  6. Informal Termspertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons:gray households.
  7. old or ancient.
  8. indeterminate and intermediate in character:The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.

n. 
  1. any achromatic color;
    any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
  2. something of this color.
  3. gray material or clothing:to dress in gray.
  4. an unbleached and undyed condition.
  5. American History(often cap.) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Cf. blue (def. 5).
  6. a horse of a gray color.
  7. a horse that appears white but is not an albino.

v.t., v.i. 
  1. to make or become gray.
Also, grey. 
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English grǣg; cognate with German grau
grayly, adv. 
grayness, n. 

gray2  (grā),USA pronunciation n. [Physics.]
  1. Physicsthe SI unit of absorbed dose, equal to the amount of ionizing radiation absorbed when the energy imparted to matter is 1 J/kg. Abbr.: Gy Cf. rad.
  • named in honor of Louis Harold Gray (1905–65), English radiobiologist 1975

Gray  (grā),USA pronunciation n. 
    A•sa  sə),USA pronunciation 1810–88, U.S. botanist.
  1. Biographical Thomas, 1716–71, English poet.

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