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单词 greyness
释义
greyness
noun[U]
(USusuallygrayness)
uk
/ˈɡreɪ.nəs/us
/ˈɡreɪ.nəs/
thequalityof beinggreyincolour:
灰色，灰白色
He could just make out the greyness of theroofbetween thetrees.他只能分辨出树与树之间屋顶的灰色。
She has a greyness under hereyesand aslouchfromspendingmost of thedayinfrontof acomputer.她眼睛下面有一抹灰暗和疲惫，因为一天的大部分时间都坐在电脑前。
(of someone'shair) thequalityof beinggreyorwhite, usually because ofage:
（通常因年老的）头发灰白
Shedyesherhairtohidethe greyness.她染发是为了遮盖灰白的头发。
Greyness ofhairis one of the firstsignsofageing.头发灰白是衰老的最初迹象之一。
thestateof theweatherwhen there are a lot ofcloudsand littlelight:
灰，灰暗
All sherememberedaboutarrivinginEnglandwas therainand greyness.在她的记忆中，到达英国的时候只有雨和灰蒙蒙的一片。
Perhaps it was the greyness of theweatherthat made herchoosesuchbrightlycolouredclothes.也许正是这种灰暗的天气使她选择了这种颜色鲜艳的衣服。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Black, white & grey
  • coal black
  • cream
  • dove grey
  • ebony
  • gray
  • grey
  • greyish
  • jet black
  • non-colour
  • noncoloured
  • off white
  • pearl
  • pearly
  • sombre
  • sooty
  • steel grey
  • steel-gray
  • virgin
  • whiten
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(Definition ofgreynessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgreyness

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He knows how to vary their colours and thicknesses subtly, where others find themselves entangled in an unrelievedgreynesswithout any colour at all.
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Perhaps thegreynessdistinguishes the fan belt from other belts because itsgreynessis part of a color-coding scheme.
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But simply to assume that thegreynesshas a function would be an instance of the fallacy of division.
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Though the book had, according to its author, an 'elephantine gestation', it is not at all elephant-like in ponderousness orgreyness.
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Perhaps this is pent-up frustration bursting out after thegreynessof a week's work which never varies in its rather soulless pattern.
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But moving out of thegreynessof socialism into the light of enterprise, is a shock.
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However, there is an area ofgreynessand doubt about the area of protection for that age group.
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We can shortly be reduced to the uniformity andgreynessof mediocrity.
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First, there is the generalgreynessof a low-wage area.
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I come from an area whose problems are caused by its "greyness" and not by the decline of a single industry like cotton or coal.
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Ordinary human hopes are beginning to disappear and there is agreynessabout living and the quality of life.
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There was agreynessof the face which was very marked and which showed what these women had been through—starvation or very near starvation.
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The main charge which can be levelled in general against codes of practice is that they create a considerable area ofgreynessand uncertainty.
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Many in the business community are concerned that there will begreyness.
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Our name became identified withgreynessand dullness, frugalities, shortages.
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