grey
adjective
(USusuallygray)uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/greyadjective(COLOUR)
A1
of thecolourthat is amixtureofblackandwhite, thecolourofrainclouds:
灰色的，灰白色的a greysky灰暗的天空
C2
havinghairthat hasbecomegrey orwhite, usually because ofage:
（通常因年老而）头发灰白的Hestartedtogo/turngrey in his mid-forties.他45岁左右头发就开始变得灰白了。
B2
used todescribetheweatherwhen there are a lot ofcloudsand littlelight:
（天气）昏暗的，阴沉的Nightturnedintomorning, grey andcold.黎明驱走夜色，天气阴沉而寒冷。
Black, white & grey
- coal black
- cream
- dove grey
- ebony
- gray
- greyish
- greyness
- gunmetal grey
- jet black
- lily-white
- non-colour
- noncoloured
- pearl
- pearly
- sombre
- sombrely
- sooty
- steel-gray
- whiten
- whiteness
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Hair colour
Describing bad weather
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
greyadjective(BORING)
C1
boringandsad:
单调乏味的；忧郁的，郁闷的Hesawa greyfuturestretchaheadof him.在他眼中，未来一片黯淡。
not interesting or exciting
- boringThat was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
- excruciatingShe went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
- deadlyHis latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
- mind-numbingThe incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
Tedious and uninspiring
- anonymous
- banal
- basic
- be (as) dull as ditchwateridiom
- bland
- lifelessness
- marginal
- marmoreal
- meh
- menial
- slow
- soul-destroying
- soulless
- spinach
- staid
- stale
- stuffy
- tame
- well worn
- worthy
grey
noun[CorU]
(USusuallygray)uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/A2
thecolourthat is amixtureofblackandwhite, thecolourofrainclouds:
灰色，灰白色She wasdressedin grey.她穿着灰色的衣服。
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- Paulworepalegreytrouserswith ablackjacket.
- Shewalkedthrough thecitycentrewithitsdrab, greybuildingsandfeltdepressed.
- Herfacewasgauntand grey.
- It was a grey andsunlessdayandourspiritswerelow.
- She wasdressedverysoberlyin aplaingreysuit.
Black, white & grey
- coal black
- cream
- dove grey
- ebony
- gray
- greyish
- greyness
- gunmetal grey
- jet black
- lily-white
- non-colour
- noncoloured
- pearl
- pearly
- sombre
- sombrely
- sooty
- steel-gray
- whiten
- whiteness
grey
verb[I]
(USusuallygray)uk/ɡreɪ/us/ɡreɪ/greyverb[I](HAIR)
If apersonortheirhairgreys,theirhairbecomesgrey orwhite, usually because ofage:
（通常因年老而）头发变得灰白I'm greying at thesides.我两鬓变灰白了。
Black, white & grey
- coal black
- cream
- dove grey
- ebony
- gray
- greyish
- greyness
- gunmetal grey
- jet black
- lily-white
- non-colour
- noncoloured
- pearl
- pearly
- sombre
- sombrely
- sooty
- steel-gray
- whiten
- whiteness
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Hair
greyverb[I](GET OLDER)
If agroupofpeopleis greying, itcontainsanincreasingnumberofolderpeople:
特定人群中年纪较大的人数增加，老龄化Italy is greyingfasterthan any otherEuropeancountry.意大利老龄化的速度比其他欧洲国家都快。
Describing people who are old
- aged
- ageing
- ageless
- as old as Methuselahidiom
- auntie
- elderly
- for a man/woman/person of his/her yearsidiom
- gaga
- geriatric
- grand old ageidiom
- gray
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- have one foot in the graveidiom
- hoary
- pensionable
- senile
- sprightliness
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated