| 单词 | grey |
| 释义 | grey adj., n., & v. (US gray) --adj 1. of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead. 2. a (of the weather etc.) dull, dismal; heavily overcast. b bleak, depressing; (of a person) depressed. 3. a (of hair) turning white with age etc. b (of a person) having grey hair. 4. anonymous, nondescript, unidentifiable. --n 1. a a grey colour or pigment. b grey clothes or material (dressed in grey). 2. a cold sunless light. 3. a grey or white horse. --vtr. & intr. make or become grey. Phrases and idioms grey area 1. a situation or topic sharing features of more than one category and not clearly attributable to any one category. 2. S.Afr. an area where Black and Coloured people live (usu. illicitly) alongside White. 3. Brit. an area in economic decline. grey eminence = {Eacute}MINENCE GRISE. Grey Friar a Franciscan friar. grey goose = GREYLAG. grey-hen the female of the black grouse (cf. BLACKCOCK). grey matter 1. the darker tissues of the brain and spinal cord consisting of nerve-cell bodies and branching dendrites. 2. colloq. intelligence. grey squirrel an American squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, brought to Europe in the 19th c. Derivatives greyish adj. greyly adv. greyness n. Etymology: OE gr{aelig}g f. Gmc |
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