grey

英 [greɪ] 美[ɡre]

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复数: greys;第三人称单数: greys;过去式: greyed;过去分词: greyed;现在分词: greying;比较级: greyer;最高级: greyest;名词: greyness;

grey 灰色的

来自gray的拼写变体。

greyhound 灵，猎犬

来自古英语grighund. grig, 母狗，拼写受grey影响。hund, 狗，同hound. 大多数这种狗并非灰白色。

grey: grey: [OE] Grey is an ancient colour term, traceable back all the way to a prehistoric Indo- European *ghrēghwos. From this was descended West and North Germanic *grǣwaz, which produced German grau, Dutch grauw, Swedish grå, and Danish graa as well as English grey. The distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is a comparatively recent one. Dr Johnson in his Dictionary 1755 gave gray as the main form, and even into the early 20th century it was still quite common in Britain (The Times used it, for instance). Nor is grey by any means unknown in America.
grey: see gray.

1. I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.: 我解开了自己黄灰相间的衬衫上最下面的两个纽扣。

3. At one point last week shares in the grey market touched 230p.: 上周，灰市上的股票价格一度高达230便士。

4. Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization.: 格雷不放过任何一个炮轰汤普森及其组织的机会。

5. His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.: 他的灰色针织毛衫和长裤全都被雨水淋透了。