gray
英 [greɪ]
美[ɡre]
- 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
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.
英英释意
- 1. a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- 2. gray clothing;
- "he was dressed in gray"
- 3. any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are gray;
- "the Confederate army was a vast gray"
- 4. horse of a light grey or whitish color
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.
考试真题
- It was based on concepts developed at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College by Susan Gray, the legendary pioneer in early childhood education research.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文
- Professor of Sociology at WashingtonUniversity, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years.
出自-2015年12月听力原文
- They had titles like Young vs Old, Gray Dawn and The Coming Generational Storm, and their message was blunt: health-care systems were heading for the rocks, pensioners were taking young people to the cleaners, and soon there would be intergenerational warfare.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- During months without water under a harsh sun, they wither, shrink and contract until they look like a pile of dead gray leaves.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B
- After years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone national park.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental united states, but they were gradually displaced by human development.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- Sitting on a sofa in her room, Welty, a slim figure in a simple gray dress, looked pleased with this explanation.
2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
- The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 选项
- Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone.
2017年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
- Russell Gray at the University of Auckland and his colleagues consider the evolution of grammars in the light of two previous attempts to find universality in language.
出自-2012年考研翻译原文
- Gray and his colleagues have put them to the test by examining four family trees that between them represent more than 2,000 languages.
出自-2012年考研翻译原文
- To start, we can recognize the new birds of passage, those living and thriving in the gray areas.
2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
实用场景例句
- Pug spied Harry Hopkins slouching alone in a gray suit by himself.
- 帕格瞥见哈里·霍普金斯穿着一身灰色衣服,独自一个人没精打采地走过去.
辞典例句
- Objective To evaluate the value contrast - enhanced gray - scale sonography in the diagnosis of renal pelvic carcinoma.
- 目的探讨 灰阶 超声造影在肾盂癌诊断中的价值.
期刊摘选
- His hair have turn gray.
- 他的头发已灰白.
期刊摘选
- The doctor and Gray and I ran full speed for shelter.
- 大夫、格雷和我飞快地跑回了木屋.
英汉文学 - 金银岛
- Through a cloud of gray smoke, I saw a long line of firecrackers exploding.
- 我从一层灰蒙蒙的烟中看到一长串爆竹劈啪炸响.
期刊摘选
- He dressed in gray.
- 他穿灰色衣服.
期刊摘选
- During all this, he had stood foolishly to one side -- short, gray, frizzled, inadequate.
- 他从头到尾只是傻里傻气地站在一边, 矮矮的个子, 花白的卷发, 一副不中用的样子.
辞典例句
- This hen is gray with white speckles.
- 这只母鸡灰色带白斑点.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Gray hair is a mark of age.
- 灰白头发是老年人的特征.
辞典例句
- There is spatial correlation between the neighbored pixels , so there is the adjacent gray value.
- 大多数图象具有空间相关性, 绝大部分相邻的象素点具有相近的灰度值.
期刊摘选
- Slent and slow, all mantle gray? Soft are her eyes and gray as the water deep.
- 慢慢的, 所有的云都变成了灰色,她的眼神很温柔,眼睛的颜色像水深一样的灰.
期刊摘选
- The sky was uniformly gray.
- 天空一片灰暗.
《简明英汉词典》
- Gray scale In computer graphics, a series of shades from pure white to pure black.
- 灰度在计算机图形中, 指一系列从纯白到纯黑的阴影.
期刊摘选
- The blue shirt and gray tie are a good match.
- 蓝衬衫与灰领带很谐调.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- A band of gray hair encircled his bald dome.
- 他的秃头顶四周长着一圈灰白的头发.
《简明英汉词典》
- Gray is intermediate between black and white.
- 灰色介于黑色和白色之间.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He's a real Dorian Gray, apparently untouched by the ageing process.
- 他像是不受衰老过程的影响，青春永驻。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Gray describes in dramatic and spellbinding detail the lives of these five ladies.
- 格雷以富于戏剧性和令人着迷的细腻笔触描写了这5位女性的生活。
柯林斯例句
- His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.
- 他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- He was a tall, stout man with gray hair.
- 他是个又高又胖、头发灰白的男子。
柯林斯例句
- He slicked down his few remaining wisps of gray hair.
- 他捋平了自己仅剩的几绺白发。
柯林斯例句
- He is light haired with gray eyes.
- 他浅色头发，灰色眼睛。
柯林斯例句
- Gray is thought to be in hiding near the France/Italy border.
- 他们认为格雷藏在法国和意大利边境附近。
柯林斯例句
- The mud is smooth, gray, soft, and plastic as butter.
- 这种泥浆呈灰色，它光滑、柔软，像黄油一样易塑。
柯林斯例句