grey

英 [gre?] 美[ɡre]

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復數(shù):?greys;第三人稱單數(shù):?greys;過去式:?greyed;過去分詞:?greyed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?greying;比較級:?greyer;最高級:?greyest;名詞:?greyness;

grey 灰色的

來自gray的拼寫變體。

greyhound 靈，獵犬

來自古英語grighund. grig, 母狗，拼寫受grey影響。hund, 狗，同hound. 大多數(shù)這種狗并非灰白色。

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 *gr?waz, which produced German grau, Dutch grauw, Swedish gr?, 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.: 我解開了自己黃灰相間的襯衫上最下面的兩個紐扣。

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

4. Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization.: 格雷不放過任何一個炮轟湯普森及其組織的機會。

5. His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.: 他的灰色針織毛衫和長褲全都被雨水淋透了。