单词 | gray |
释义 | gray gray1 —grayly, adv. —grayness, n. /gray/, adj., grayer, grayest, 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. pertaining 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. 9. any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black. 10. something of this color. 11. gray material or clothing: to dress in gray. 12. an unbleached and undyed condition. 13. (often cap.) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Cf. blue (def. 5). 14. a horse of a gray color. 15. a horse that appears white but is not an albino. v.t. , v.i. 16. to make or become gray. Also, grey. [bef. 900; ME; OE graeg; c. G grau] gray2 /gray/, n. Physics. the 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. [1975; named in honor of Louis Harold Gray (1905-65), English radiobiologist] |
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