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| 1 | between black and white in colour . If something is similar to this colour , you can say that it is a greyish colour 灰色的 |
| He wore a dark grey suit. 他穿了套深灰色的衣服。 |
| The water was a greyish-green. 这水是灰绿色的。 |
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| 2 | if someone goes or turns grey , their hair starts to become white （头发）灰白的，花白的 |
| She seems to have gone grey very quickly. 她的头发似乎很快就变得花白了。 |
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| 3 | if someone’ s face is grey , they look pale , because they are ill , weak , or shocked （因患病、虚弱或震惊而）面色苍白的 |
| +with His face was grey with pain. 他痛得脸色煞白。 |
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| 4 | used for describing the weather or the light when it is not very bright , because there is a lot of cloud （天气）阴沉的；（灯光）昏暗的 |
| In London it was a grey November day. 这是伦敦11月阴沉的一天。 |
| The rain stopped and the grey skies began to clear. 雨停了，昏暗的天空开始放晴。 |
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| 5 | boring 单调乏味的；郁闷的 |
| the drab grey tedium of his life 他那枯燥乏味、沉闷无趣的生活 |
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| 6 | not clear and therefore not easy to deal with 不明确的；难以处理的 |
| a grey area in environmental law 环境保护法的灰色区域 |
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| 7 | only before noun used for describing issues that affect old people （用于描述与老人有关的问题）老年人的 |
| the grey vote 老年人的选票 |
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| greyness noun U |
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