grey
adj
noun
verb
ɡreɪ
adj
1
COLOUR
颜色
having
the
colour
of
dark
clouds,
neither
black
nor
white
灰色的
an
old
lady
with
grey
hair
头发灰白的老太太
a
grey
sky
灰色的天空
dark/light
grey
dark
grey
trousers
深灰色的裤子
2
HAIR
头发
having
grey
hair
（有）灰白头发的
go/turn
grey
She
was
a
tall
thin
woman
who
had
gone
grey
early.
她是一个高高瘦瘦的女人，头发早早地白了。
3
FACE
脸
looking
pale
because
you
are
tired,
frightened,
or
ill
〔由于疲倦、害怕或生病而〕脸色苍白的
[+
with
]
As
he
listened,
his
face
went
grey
with
shock.
他听着，惊得脸色苍白。
4
BORING
乏味的
boring
and
unattractive
单调乏味的;
the
grey
anonymous
men
in
government
offices
政府部门里那些呆板的无名小卒
visions
of
a
grey
and
empty
world
想象中一个空虚无聊的世界
5
WEATHER
天气
if
the
weather
is
grey,
the
sky
is
full
of
clouds
and
the
sun
is
not
bright
〔天气〕昏暗的，阴沉的;
a
grey
day
阴沉沉的天
6
OF OLD PEOPLE
老年人的
connected
with
old
people
[英] 老年人的
only before noun 仅用于名词前 | BrE
the
grey
vote
老年人的投票
7
grey area
used
to
talk
about
a
situation
in
which
something
is
not
clearly
a
particular
thing,
so
that
people
are
not
sure
how
to
deal
with
it
灰色地带，中间区域〔指不明朗的情况〕
people
in
the
grey
area
between
loyalty
and
opposition
to
the
government
对政府不忠也不叛的中间派
noun
8
the
colour
of
dark
clouds,
neither
black
nor
white
灰色
Do
you
have
these
skirts
in
grey?
这裙子有灰色的吗？
dull
greys
and
browns
暗灰色和棕色
verb
9
if
someone
greys,
their
hair
becomes
grey
〔头发〕变灰白，变花白
Jim
was
greying
a
little
at
the
temples.
吉姆的两鬓已经有点斑白。
a
full
head
of
greying
hair
满头银发