gray怎么读
音标：英 [greɪ]
美[ɡre]
gray是什么意思
- adj. 灰色的；苍白的；灰白头发的；阴郁的
- n. 灰色；暗淡的光线
- vi. 成为灰色或灰白
- vt. 使成灰色或灰白
- n. (Gray)人名；(意)格拉伊；(英、法、葡、瑞典)格雷
gray的词态变化
第三人称单数: grays;过去式: grayed;过去分词: grayed;现在分词: graying;
中文词源
gray 灰白色
来自PIE*gher, 照耀，照明。此处指微光，灰白色。词义演变比较brown, 来自PIE*bher, 照耀，照明，词源同bright.
英文词源
- gray (adj.)
- "of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity," Old English græg "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.
gray的双语例句
- 1. His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.
- 他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.
- 洛维特是个威严的高个男人，蓄着灰白的八字胡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. I saw this nice-looking man in a gray suit.
- 我见到过这个身着灰色套装的英俊男士。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.
- 她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray.
- 清晨，天空呈现出斑驳的深灰色。
来自柯林斯例句
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