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gray

/grey/US // greɪ //UK // (ɡreɪ) //

灰色,灰色的,灰,灰白

Related Words

dusty尘土飞扬,尘土飞扬的,尘封的,满身尘土drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡grey灰色,灰色的,灰silvery银色的,银色,银白色的,含银stone石头,石材,石块,石料lead领导,导致,领先,牵头slate石板,猛烈抨击,板岩,石板块neutral中立,中性,中立的,中性的pearly珠光宝气,珠光体,珠光宝气的,珠光体的powder粉剂,粉末,粉,粉饼iron铁,铁的,铁的的,强的dappled斑驳的,斑驳陆离的,斑驳,斑驳不堪的shaded有阴影的,阴面,有阴影,阴影的clouded有云的,多云的,多云,浑浊的ash灰烬,灰分,灰份,灰土heather石楠,石南,石楠花,石南花silvered银色的,银色,镀银,有银色的oyster牡蛎,牡蛎类,牡丹,牡蛎类的ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的dingy杂乱无章,嘈杂,杂乱无章的,嘈杂的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    gray·er, gray·est.

    • : of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
    • : dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.
    • : dull, dreary, or monotonous.
    • : having gray hair; gray-headed.
    • : pertaining to old age; mature.
    • : Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households.
    • : old or ancient.
    • : indeterminate and intermediate in character: The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
    • : something of this color.
    • : gray material or clothing: to dress in gray.
    • : an unbleached and undyed condition.
    • : a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself.Compare blue.
    • : a horse of a gray color.
    • : a horse that appears white but is not an albino.
  1. 1
    • : to make or become gray.

Phrases

  • gray area
  • gray matter
  • get gray hair from

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.silver
Synonyms
drab单调的,单调,单调乏味,暗淡dusty尘土飞扬,尘土飞扬的,尘封的,满身尘土grey灰色,灰色的,灰silvery银色的,银色,银白色的,含银dove鸽子,白鸽,母鸽,珙桐ash灰烬,灰分,灰份,灰土clouded有云的,多云的,多云,浑浊的dappled斑驳的,斑驳陆离的,斑驳,斑驳不堪的heather石楠,石南,石楠花,石南花iron铁,铁的,铁的的,强的lead领导,导致,领先,牵头neutral中立,中性,中立的,中性的oyster牡蛎,牡蛎类,牡丹,牡蛎类的pearly珠光宝气,珠光体,珠光宝气的,珠光体的powder粉剂,粉末,粉,粉饼shaded有阴影的,阴面,有阴影,阴影的silvered银色的,银色,镀银,有银色的slate石板,猛烈抨击,板岩,石板块stone石头,石材,石块,石料ashen苍白,苍白无力,苍白的,灰色的cinereal电影,电影人,电影院,电影界dingy杂乱无章,嘈杂,杂乱无章的,嘈杂的dusky昏暗,昏暗的,灰暗的,昏昏沉沉leaden铅化,铅质,铅化的,导致livid气势汹汹,气势磅礴,鲜艳,鲜红mousy狡猾的,闷闷不乐,狡猾,狡猾的人peppery刺激性的,辣味的,刺激性强的,辣味sere谷仓,谷类,谷底,谷粒smoky烟雾弥漫,烟雾缭绕,有烟味的,有烟尘的somber阴暗,阴沉,阴暗的,阴森

Examples

  • Initially its green hydrogen will replace some gray hydrogen—as natural-gas-­derived hydrogen is sometimes called—used at the refinery.

  • When I visited Frank Keutsch in the fall of 2019, he walked me down to the lab, where the tube, wrapped in gray insulation, ran the length of a bench in the back corner.

  • The other story is that you inherited a great, if, you know, slightly graying company, and tried to remake it in your image and wound up destroying it with a series of bad acquisitions and bad decisions.

  • They’ll still show up in your apps for 30 days after your subscription expires—grayed out and inaccessible—just in case you change your mind and want to sign back up again.

  • At the New York City coronavirus testing site, his friend started chatting with a man with beautiful blue-gray eyes.

  • I lie and nod my head yes while wiping the tears on my gray fleece sleeve.

  • Then the gift card is shopped online in a gray market to collect cold currency.

  • “He was an absolutely gray and insignificant personality,” says Kurnosova.

  • Caller: “He has a gray, gray coat with black sleeves and gray pants on.”

  • Her neon blue hair is teased high with a gray stripe emerging from the front.

  • Very trim and strong, and confident he looked, with the glow of youth in his cheeks, and the spark of happiness in his gray eyes.

  • They nodded at each other when they met, and the gray man showed him a little ship with rigging that took up and down.

  • Some hidden magnetism burst from him like an aura, and his cold pasty face and light gray eyes flamed into positive beauty.

  • They climbed another dune, and came upon the great gray sea at low tide.

  • The gray eyes, once flashing with the light of kindly humor, now softened with sympathy, now glowed with pity.

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