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更新时间:2026-06-14 07:51:35   栏目: 在线翻译

grey 的音标为英 /ɡreɪ/、美 /ɡreɪ/,是英语中表示“灰色”的常用词,在英式英语中更常用,美式英语中多写作 gray 。它可作形容词、名词和动词,含义丰富且用法多样。

作为形容词,grey 最基本的意思是“灰色的”,可描述物体颜色,如“grey eyes(灰色的眼睛)”“wisps of grey smoke(一缕缕灰色的烟雾)”;也可指头发“灰白的”,像“He's gone very grey.(他已满头银丝。)”;还能形容天气“灰暗的、阴沉的”,例如“I hate these grey days.(我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。)”,或心情、生活“郁闷的、单调乏味的”。

作名词时,grey 主要表示“灰色”,如“The most popular color this autumn is grey.(今年秋天最流行灰色。)”;也可指“灰色衣服”,如“She was dressed in grey.(她穿着灰色衣服。)”;在特定语境下,还能指“灰马”,例如“She's riding the grey.(她骑着一匹灰马。)”。

作为动词,grey 的意思是“(使)变成灰色”,尤指头发变灰白,如“Her hair began to grey.(她的头发开始变白了。)”“His hair was greying at the sides.(他的两鬓已渐渐斑白。)”。

以下是 10 句常用例句:

Have you any grey pullovers in stock?(你们有灰色套头毛衣的现货吗?)

Today, the canopy of the heavens is grey.(今天的天幕是灰色的。)

The most popular color this autumn is grey.(今年最流行灰色。)

Wood turns grey if weathered for a long time.(木材如果风干时间较长就变成灰色。)

Her grey hair straggled in wisps about her face.(她灰白的头发一缕缕地披散在脸上。)

Her face was grey with exhaustion.(她疲惫得脸色发白。)

I'll take the grey jacket.(我要那件灰色夹克衫。)

It was a grey, wet April Sunday.(那是 4 月一个阴雨绵绵的星期天。)

His dark hair was just tinged with grey.(他的黑发只是略带灰色。)

I saw this nice-looking man in a grey suit.(我看见这个穿着灰色西装的英俊男子。)

grey 的常见短语搭配有:

grey hair:白发,灰发,如“She plucked out a grey hair.(她拔掉了一根灰白头发。)”

dark grey:深灰色,如“I'd like a pair in charcoal grey.(我要一条深灰色的裤子。)”

light grey:淡灰色

in grey:穿着灰色衣服,如“The man in grey is Tom's father.(那个穿灰衣服的人是汤姆的父亲。)”

grey area:灰色地带,指介于两种情况之间不确定的区域,如“The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the 'death valley' of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.(该提案试图解决一些人所说的自动驾驶汽车的‘死亡谷’问题:半自动驾驶和完全无人驾驶汽车之间的灰色地带,这可能会推迟无人驾驶的未来。)”

grey 在不同语境中能精准传达多种含义,掌握其用法有助于更生动地表达。你还知道哪些与 grey 相关的独特用法或搭配吗?