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grey    音标拼音: [gr'e]
n. 灰色
a. 灰色的,阴沉的
vt.
vi. (使)成灰色

灰色灰色的,阴沈的(使)成灰色

grey
adj 1: of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate
between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey
cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
[synonym: {grey}, {gray}, {greyish}, {grayish}]
2: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded
his hoary head" [synonym: {grey}, {gray}, {grey-haired}, {gray-
haired}, {grey-headed}, {gray-headed}, {grizzly}, {hoar},
{hoary}, {white-haired}]
3: used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil
War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure" [synonym:
{grey}, {gray}]
4: intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between
clearly legal and strictly illegal" [synonym: {grey}, {gray}]
n 1: United States writer of western adventure novels
(1875-1939) [synonym: {Grey}, {Zane Grey}]
2: Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly
replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
[synonym: {Grey}, {Lady Jane Grey}]
3: Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms
including the abolition of slavery throughout the British
Empire (1764-1845) [synonym: {Grey}, {Charles Grey}, {Second Earl
Grey}]
4: any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey;
"the Confederate army was a vast grey" [synonym: {grey}, {gray}]
5: a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
[synonym: {gray}, {grayness}, {grey}, {greyness}]
6: clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey" [synonym:
{grey}, {gray}]
7: horse of a light gray or whitish color [synonym: {grey}, {gray}]
v 1: make grey; "The painter decided to grey the sky" [synonym:
{grey}, {gray}]
2: turn grey; "Her hair began to grey" [synonym: {grey}, {gray}]

Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also {grey}.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
[1913 Webster]

These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
[PJC]

{Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.

{Gray buck} (Zool.), the chickara.

{Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.

{Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.

{Gray duck} (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
mallard.

{Gray falcon} (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.

{Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.

{Gray hen} (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See {Heath grouse}.

{Gray mill} or {Gray millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.

{Gray mullet} (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the
Old World and America; as the European species
({Mugilid[ae] capito}, and {Mugilid[ae] auratus}), the
American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula}), and the
white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis}). See
{Mullet}.

{Gray owl} (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits
arctic America.

{Gray parrot} (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called {jako}.

{Gray pike}. (Zool.) See {Sauger}.

{Gray snapper} (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
{Snapper}.

{Gray snipe} (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.

{Gray whale} (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly
{Rhachianectes glaucus}), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also {grayback},
{devilfish}, and {hardhead}. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
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Grey \Grey\, a.
See {Gray} (the correct orthography).
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203 Moby Thesaurus words for "grey":
Quaker-colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, advanced,
advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, along in years, ancient,
anemic, ashen, ashy, bay, bayard, black, bleak, bled white,
bloodless, boring, buckskin, cadaverous, calico pony, canescence,
canescent, cheerless, chestnut, chloranemic, cinereous, cinerous,
cloudy, colorless, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray,
dark, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, depressing, dim, dimmed,
dingy, discolored, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, drab, drabness,
drear, drearisome, dreary, dull, dullness, dun, dusty, elderly,
etiolated, experienced, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous,
faded, faint, fallow, flat, foggy, funebrial, funereal, ghastly,
glaucescence, glaucescent, glaucous, glaucousness, gloomy, glum,
grave, gray, gray with age, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored,
gray-drab, gray-green, gray-haired, gray-headed, gray-spotted,
gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grayishness, grayness,
grim, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, grown old, haggard,
hoar, hoary, hueless, humdrum, hypochromic, iron-gray, lackluster,
lead-gray, leaden, leadenness, livid, lividity, lividness, lurid,
lusterless, mat, mature, mealy, misty, monotonous, mouse-colored,
mouse-gray, mousiness, mousy, muddy, murky, neutral, neutral tint,
old, old as Methuselah, overcast, paint, painted pony, pale,
pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, patriarchal, pearl,
pearl-gray, pearly, piebald, pinto, repetitive, roan, sad, sallow,
same, samely, saturnine, senectuous, sickly, silver, silver-gray,
silvered, silveriness, silvery, skewbald, slate-colored, slatiness,
slaty, smoke-gray, smokiness, smoky, sober, soberness, solemn,
somber, somberness, sombrous, sooty, sorrel, steel-gray, steely,
stone-colored, sunless, tallow-faced, taupe, tedious, toneless,
triste, uncolored, unrelieved, venerable, wan, washed-out, waxen,
weak, weariful, wearisome, weary, whey-faced, white,
white with age, white-bearded, white-crowned, white-haired, wise,
wrinkled, wrinkly, years old


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  • Gray vs. Grey: What is the difference? | Merriam-Webster
    Gray and grey are both common spellings for the various neutral shades of color between black and white Gray is more frequent in American English, and grey more common in Canada, the UK, and elsewhere
  • Grey - Wikipedia
    Grey was a particularly good background colour for gold and for skin tones It became the most common background for the portraits of Rembrandt van Rijn and for many of the paintings of El Greco, who used it to highlight the faces and costumes of the central figures The palette of Rembrandt was composed almost entirely of sombre colours
  • Grey vs Gray: Difference, Meaning, and Usage in English
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  • Gray vs. Grey: How to Choose the Right Word - ThoughtCo
    The spelling 'gray' is mostly used in the United States 'Grey' is the preferred spelling in the United Kingdom and many other countries 'Gray' is used for a color, while specific names and terms use 'grey '
  • GREY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    GREY definition: 1 of the colour that is a mixture of black and white, the colour of rain clouds: 2 having hair… Learn more
  • Definition of grey - Words Defined
    The word "grey" is rich with meaning and significance that extends beyond its basic definition as a color It symbolizes complexity, ambiguity, maturity, and wisdom, serving as a bridge between extremes
  • Gray or Grey: Which is The Right Word? Dictionary. com
    Grey and gray are both accepted in the English language They refer to a color of a neutral tone between black and white, and can also be used metaphorically to convey gloom and dullness
  • Grey vs. Gray: Which Is Correct and Why There Are Two Spellings
    The fundamental difference between “grey” and “gray” is that “gray” is the widely accepted version in American English, and “grey” is widely accepted in British English
  • Gray vs. Grey - Grammar. com
    ‘Grey‘ is more commonly used in the UK, Ireland, and other places that use British English, although grey is also considered correct ‘Gray’ is the more popular spelling in America and countries which use American spelling
  • Gray or Grey (UK and US) - Grammar Monster
    Gray or Grey? The spelling 'gray' dominates in the US, but 'grey' is acceptable there The reverse is true in the UK 'Grey' is the original spelling, so both the US and UK accept it





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