gray

英 [gre?] 美[ɡre]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?grays;過去式:?grayed;過去分詞:?grayed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?graying;

gray 灰白色

來自PIE*gher, 照耀，照明。此處指微光，灰白色。詞義演變比較brown, 來自PIE*bher, 照耀，照明，詞源同bright.

gray (adj.): "of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity," Old English gr?g "gray" (Mercian grei), from Proto-Germanic *grewa- "gray" (cognates: Old Norse grar, Old Frisian gre, Middle Dutch gra, Dutch graw, Old High German grao, German grau), with no certain connections outside Germanic. French gris, Spanish gris, Italian grigio, Medieval Latin griseus are Germanic loan-words. The spelling distinction between British grey and U.S. gray developed 20c. Expression the gray mare is the better horse in reference to households ruled by wives is recorded from 1540s.
gray (n.): c. 1200, from gray (adj.). Gray as figurative for "Southern troops in the U.S. Civil War" is first recorded 1863, in reference to their uniform color.
gray (v.): "become gray, wither," 1610s (with an isolated instance from late 14c.), from gray (adj.). Related: Grayed; graying.

1. His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.: 他頭發(fā)凌亂，沒刮胡子，臉色蒼白。

2. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.: 洛維特是個(gè)威嚴(yán)的高個(gè)男人，蓄著灰白的八字胡。

4. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.: 她竭力想把眼前的一縷白發(fā)吹開。

5. In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray.: 清晨，天空呈現(xiàn)出斑駁的深灰色。