| 单词 | green |
| 释义 | green adj., n., & v. --adj 1. of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass, emeralds, etc. 2. a covered with leaves or grass. b mild and without snow (a green Christmas). 3. (of fruit etc. or wood) unripe or unseasoned. 4. not dried, smoked, or tanned. 5. inexperienced, na{iuml}ve, gullible. 6. a (of the complexion) pale, sickly-hued. b jealous, envious. 7. young, flourishing. 8. not withered or worn out (a green old age). 9. vegetable (green food; green salad). 10. (also Green) concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle. 11. archaic fresh; not healed (a green wound). --n 1. a green colour or pigment. 2. green clothes or material (dressed in green). 3. a a piece of public or common grassy land (village green). b a grassy area used for a special purpose (putting-green; bowling-green). c Golf a putting-green. d Golf a fairway. 4. (in pl.) green vegetables. 5. vigour, youth, virility (in the green). 6. a green light. 7. a green ball, piece, etc., in a game or sport. 8. (also Green) a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party. 9. (in pl.) sl. sexual intercourse. 10. sl. low-grade marijuana. 11. sl. money. 12. green foliage or growing plants. --v 1. tr. & intr. make or become green. 2. tr. sl. hoax; take in. Phrases and idioms green belt an area of open land round a city, designated for preservation. Green Beret colloq. a British or American commando. green card an international insurance document for motorists. green cheese 1. cheese coloured green with sage. 2. whey cheese. 3. unripened cheese. Green Cloth (in full Board of Green Cloth) (in the UK) the Lord Steward's department of the Royal Household. green crop a crop used as fodder in a green state rather than as hay etc. green drake the common mayfly. green earth a hydrous silicate of potassium, iron, and other metals. green-eyed jealous. the green-eyed monster jealousy. green fat part of a turtle, highly regarded by gourmets. green-fee Golf a charge for playing one round on a course. green fingers skill in growing plants. green goose a goose killed under four months old and eaten without stuffing. green in a person's eye a sign of gullibility (do you see any green in my eye?). green leek any of several green-faced Australian parakeets. green light 1 a signal to proceed on a road, railway, etc. 2. colloq. permission to go ahead with a project. green linnet = GREENFINCH. green manure growing plants ploughed into the soil as fertilizer. green meat grass and green vegetables as food. Green Paper (in the UK) a preliminary report of Government proposals, for discussion. green plover a lapwing. green pound the exchange rate for the pound for payments for agricultural produce in the EEC. green revolution greatly increased crop production in underdeveloped countries. green-room a room in a theatre for actors and actresses who are off stage. green-stick fracture a bone-fracture, esp. in children, in which one side of the bone is broken and one only bent. green tea tea made from steam-dried, not fermented, leaves. green thumb = green fingers. green turtle a green-shelled sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, highly regarded as food. green vitriol ferrous sulphate crystals. Derivatives greenish adj. greenly adv. greenness n. Etymology: OE grene (adj. & n.), grenian (v.), f. Gmc, rel. to GROW |
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