grey

英 [ɡreɪ]

美 [ɡreɪ]

adj.  灰色的; 烟灰色的; 灰白色的; 头发花白; 头发灰白; 苍白的
n.  灰色; 烟灰色; 灰白色; 灰马; 白马
v.  变灰白; 变花白

复数：greys　现在分词：greying　过去分词：greyed　过去式：greyed　第三人称单数：greys　

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同义词辨析

pale grey pallid【导航词义：苍白的】

paleadj. 苍白的

〔辨析〕

指因生病、情绪激动等而脸色苍白或变得苍白的。

〔例证〕

An elderly, pale-faced man lived in that room.
一个脸色苍白的老头住在那间屋子里。
Hearing these words, he suddenly went pale.
听了这些话，他突然脸色煞白。
He looks very pale and drawn.
他看起来非常苍白和憔悴。

greyadj. 脸色苍白的

〔辨析〕

指因疲倦、害怕或生病而脸色苍白的。

〔例证〕

Her face went grey with shock.
她惊得脸都白了。
He was still looking grey due to the influenza.
由于患了流感，他仍然面色苍白。

pallidadj. 苍白的

〔辨析〕

尤指看上去虚弱或不健康而面无血色的。

〔例证〕

Tears ran down her pallid cheeks.
泪水划过她苍白的脸颊。
Why does he have such a pallid countenance?
为什么他面色如此苍白？

牛津词典

adj.

灰色的；烟灰色的；灰白色的
having the colour of smoke or ashes
1. grey eyes/hair
  灰色的眼睛；灰白的头发
2. wisps of grey smoke
  一缕缕灰色的烟雾
3. a grey suit
  一套灰色西装
头发花白；头发灰白
having grey hair
1. He's gone very grey.
  他已满头银丝。
苍白的
pale and dull, because they are ill/sick, tired or sad
昏暗的；阴沉的
dull; full of clouds
1. grey skies
  昏暗的天空
2. I hate these grey days.
  我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。
单调乏味的；忧郁的；沉闷的
without interest or variety; making you feel sad
1. Life seems grey and pointless without him.
  没有他生活就显得沉闷而无意义。
没趣味的；毫无吸引力的
not interesting or attractive
1. The company was full of faceless grey men who all looked the same.
  公司里全是些缺乏个性、毫无吸引力的男人。
老年人的
connected with old people
1. the grey vote
  老年人的投票总数
2. grey power
  长者对社会的影响力

noun

灰色；烟灰色；灰白色
the colour of smoke or ashes
1. the dull grey of the sky
  暗灰色的天空
2. dressed in grey
  身着灰色衣服
灰马；白马
a grey or white horse
1. She's riding the grey.
  她骑着一匹灰马。

verb

变灰白；变花白
to become grey
1. His hair was greying at the sides.
  他的两鬓已渐渐斑白。
2. a tall woman with greying hair
  头发渐白的高个子女人

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 gray

COLOUR 灰色
Greyis the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day.
1. ...a grey suit.
  灰色套装
ADJ-GRADED （头发）灰白的
You usegreyto describe the colour of people's hair when it changes from its original colour, usually as they get old.
1. ...my grey hair...
  我灰白的头发
2. Eddie was going grey.
  埃迪的头发开始变白了。
ADJ-GRADED （天气）昏暗的，阴沉的
If the weather isgrey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull.
1. It was a grey, wet April Sunday.
  这是4月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。
ADJ-GRADED 沉闷的；阴郁的；暗淡的
If you describe a situation asgrey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult.
1. Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless.
  展望新年，巴西人心情沮丧，甚至连总统都承认明年困难重重，不容乐观。
ADJ-GRADED 单调乏味的；无特色的；不吸引人的
If you describe someone or something asgrey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people.
1. ...little grey men in suits.
  身着西服、缺乏个性的小个子男人们
ADJ 老年人的（新闻用语）
Journalists sometimes usegreyto describe things concerning old people.
1. There was further evidence of grey consumer power last week, when Ford revealed a car designed with elderly people in mind.
  福特汽车公司为老年人设计的一款汽车于上周亮相，这进一步体现了老年消费者的购买力。

双语例句

Eddie was going grey.
埃迪的头发开始变白了。
She gazed round the church at the grey uneven walls and the vivid stained glass windows.
她四下打量了一番教堂凹凸不平的灰色墙壁和色彩鲜艳的彩色玻璃窗。
She pushed up the sleeves of her grey knitted cardigan and got to work.
她撸起身上灰色开襟毛衣的衣袖开始工作。
It's hard to take them seriously in their pretty grey uniforms
他们穿着帅气的灰色制服时，很难对他们郑重其事起来。
I get some grey hairs but I pull them out.
我有几根白发，但我都拔掉了。
The grey light was hard on the eyes
光线暗淡对眼睛不利。
A thick grey cloud masked the sun
一片厚厚的乌云遮住了太阳。
Above on the hillside was a large, gaunt, grey house.
山坡上有幢难看的灰色大房子。
His new grey jacket was torn and muddied.
他新买的灰色夹克被撕破了，还弄上了泥巴。
A small man on a grey horse had appeared.
一个骑着灰马的小个子男人出现了。