gray

🇬🇧 UK/grei/🇺🇸 US
NGSL 2kA1

Definitions

adj.

Of a color between black and white; dreary or gloomy; uncertain or unclear in nature.

灰色的;阴沉的;模糊不清的

n.

A neutral color between black and white; an animal of this color.

灰色;灰色动物

v.

To become gray, especially in hair color; (of a population) to grow progressively older.

变灰;(头发)变白;(人口)老龄化

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
grayother
=gray

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her hair slowly began to gray as she entered her fifties after a stressful career.

  • 2.

    The sky turned gray and overcast as dark clouds rolled in before the storm.

  • 3.

    He wore a gray suit to the business meeting, projecting a professional and conservative image.

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