green
adjective/ɡriːn/
/ɡriːn/
(comparative greener, superlative greenest)
Idioms 绿色的;草绿色的 - green grass/leaves/vegetables
绿草;绿叶;绿叶蔬菜 - his piercing green eyes
他那锐利的绿眼睛 - Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights).
等绿灯亮了再走。
Extra ExamplesTopics Colours and Shapesa1- an olive green carpet
橄榄绿色的地毯 - the lush green grass
葱翠的草 - wearing an emerald green dress
穿着翡翠绿色的裙子
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cool
- apple
- aqua
- …
- green grass/leaves/vegetables
长满青草的;布满植被的;绿油油的;青葱的 - green fields/pastures/hills
绿油油的农田;绿色的草地;葱绿的山丘 - It's just two minutes' walk to the nearest public green space.
到最近的公共绿地步行只要两分钟。 - After the rains, the land was green with new growth.
雨天过后,大地一片新绿。
- green fields/pastures/hills
(食物)未成熟的 - green tomatoes
青西红柿
- green tomatoes
环境保护的;主张环保的 - green energy
绿色能源 - green politics
主张环保的政见 - Try to adopt a greener lifestyle.
尽量采取更环保的生活方式。 - the Green Party
绿党
WordfinderTopics Politicsb1, The environmentb1- biodiversity
- conservation
- endanger
- the environment
- extinct
- green
- managed
- species
- sustainable
- toxic
- green energy
- (informal) (of a person) young and without experience
幼稚无经验的;不成熟的 - The new trainees are still very green.
这些受培训的新学员还很不成熟。
- The new trainees are still very green.
- (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to vomit
苍白的;发青的;无血色的 - It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
渡海时风浪很大,多数乘客看上去脸色发青。
- It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
colour
covered with grass
fruit
politics
person
Word OriginOld English grēne (adjective), grēnian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch groen, German grün, also to grass and grow.
Idioms
the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)
- (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think they could be happier in a different place or situation
草是那边绿;这山望着那山高
green with envy
- very jealous (= angry or unhappy because you wish you had something that somebody else has )
嫉妒的;眼红的