← 返回单词列表

grey

★★★★★
🇺🇸 /ɡɹˈeɪ/
adj 编号: G01383 牛津3000 BNC #1899 COCA #37508
grey 是英语中“灰色的、变灰的”以及相关名词和专名用法的拼写,主要与灰色、颜色变化和含有 Grey 的姓名或地名有关。
💡 记忆钩子
想象一片灰色的天空:它可以是 grey“灰色的”,也可以把这种颜色叫作 a grey;颜色逐渐出现,就是“变灰”。大写的 Grey 则把这块灰色变成一个人的姓、地名或其他专名,具体所指要靠语境区分。
📝 学习建议
  • 先掌握“灰色的”和“变灰”这条主线,再记名词和专名用法。
  • grey 是英联邦英语的标准拼写,和另一种常见拼写属于同一个词,不要误以为是两个不同的基本词。
📖 中文释义
adj
  • core 灰色的
    📖 表示颜色接近黑白之间的灰色,也可以描述带有这种颜色或色调的事物。
    💡 常用结构是“grey + 颜色或物体名词”,也可放在系动词后作表语,如“变得 grey”。它既能描述真实颜色,也常用于天空、头发等自然变灰的对象;不要把它和表示纯黑或纯白的词混淆。
    The sky turned grey before the rain.
    下雨前,天空变成了灰色。
    She wore a grey coat to work.
    她穿着一件灰色外套去上班。
  • rare 有黑人和白人混合血统的
    📖 在南非英语俚语中,可用来指有黑人和白人混合血统的人;这是受地区和语境限制的用法。
    South-Africa slang
greyer comparative more grey comparative greyest superlative most grey superlative
name
  • common 姓氏
    📖 Grey 可以是由昵称或相关词义转化而来的英语姓氏。
    💡 常见结构是“Grey + 名字”或“Mr/Ms Grey”,也可出现在地址、署名和家族名称中。作为姓氏时要首字母大写,不能按普通形容词理解或随意翻译成颜色。
    countable uncountable
    Grey is her family name.
    Grey 是她的姓。
  • rare 地名
    📖 Grey 也可以是某个地点的正式名称,具体地点必须由上下文确定。
    💡 常见于地图、路线说明和地址中,通常与表示地点的动词或介词搭配。地名一般保留原文,不要因为它与颜色词同形就把地点名称翻译成“灰色”。
    countable uncountable
  • rare 地名的缩写或省略形式
    📖 在特定地点名称中,Grey 可能是较长名称的缩写或省略形式,所指对象需要依靠具体语境判断。
    abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis uncountable
  • rare 杜伦大学 Grey College 的简称
    📖 在杜伦大学语境中,Grey 可以是 Grey College 的简称。
    abbreviation alt-of countable ellipsis informal uncountable
  • rare 英国伯爵领名称
    📖 Grey 还可指英国历史上的一个伯爵领名称,属于专门的历史和贵族称号语境。
    countable uncountable
Greys plural
noun
  • core 灰色;灰色的东西
    📖 作为名词,它可以表示灰色本身,也可以指呈灰色的事物;在文学或较具体的语境中,尤其可指灰色的马。
    💡 表示颜色时常说“the colour grey”或“a shade of grey”,表示穿着或处于这种颜色中时可用“in grey”。指一匹灰色的马时可以直接用“a grey”,不要把这种名词用法误解成普通形容词。
    A grey stood quietly beside the road.
    一匹灰马安静地站在路边。
    The room was decorated in soft greys.
    房间用柔和的灰色调装饰。
greys plural
noun
  • rare 皇家苏格兰灰骑兵团成员
    📖 在英国军事史语境中,Grey 可指皇家苏格兰灰骑兵团的一名成员;这种用法通常以复数形式出现在历史叙述中。
    UK historical in-plural
Greys plural
verb
  • common 变灰;使变灰
    📖 表示颜色逐渐变成灰色,或使某物呈现灰色,常让人联想到头发、石头或建筑物随着时间变灰。
    💡 不及物用法常见于“头发或物体 + grey”,及物用法则是“grey + 名词”。它可以描述自然老化、风吹日晒等造成的颜色变化;谈论已经完成的变化时可用完成时或过去时。
    His hair began to grey in his thirties.
    他三十多岁时头发开始变灰。
greys present,singular,third-person greying participle,present greyed participle,past greyed past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 13 组
turn grey
同义词集: grey gray
Her hair began to grey
上位: color, colour, discolor, discolour
make grey
同义词集: grey gray
The painter decided to grey the sky
上位: color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; ;
同义词集: grey gray greyish grayish
the little grey cells
gray flannel suit
a man with greyish hair
近似: achromatic, neutral
intermediate in character or position
同义词集: grey gray
a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal
近似: intermediate
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
同义词集: grey gray
a stalwart grey figure
近似: southern
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; -Coleridge
同义词集: grey gray grey-haired gray-haired grey-headed gray-headed grizzly hoar hoary white-haired
whose beard with age is hoar
nodded his hoary head
近似: old
horse of a light gray or whitish color
同义词集: grey gray
上位: mount, riding horse, saddle horse
clothing that is a grey color
同义词集: grey gray
he was dressed in grey
上位: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wear, wearable
a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
同义词集: gray grayness grey greyness
下位: ash gray, ash grey, charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
同义词集: grey gray
the Confederate army was a vast grey
上位: organisation, organization
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
同义词集: grey charles grey second earl grey
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
同义词集: grey lady jane grey
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
同义词集: grey zane grey
🌳 词源
普通词来自中古英语和古英语,最终与原始日耳曼语词根有关;作为专名时,Grey 可由姓氏、地名等专名来源发展而来。
From Middle English grey, from Old English grēġ (Anglian). The spelling grey reflects the Anglian vowel development, whereas the variant gray stems from the West Saxon form grǣġ (through Middle English gray). Further derived from Proto-Germanic *grēwaz (compare Dutch grauw, German grau, Old Norse grár), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁- (“to green, to grow”) (compare Latin rāvus (“grey”), Old Church Slavonic зьрѭ (zĭrjǫ, “to see, to glance”), Russian зреть (zretʹ, “to watch, to look at”) (archaic), Lithuanian žeriù (“to shine”)).
🔄 变式
greyed past greyer compar greyest superl greying present Greys plural more grey compar most grey superl
🏷 单词标签 & 词根