- of the colour between blue and yellow in the spectrum; coloured like grass or emeralds绿色的：
the leaves are bright green.
叶子是鲜绿色的。
- consisting of fresh vegetables of this colour用新鲜绿色蔬菜制成的：
a green salad.
蔬菜色拉。
- denoting a light or flag of this colour used as a signal to proceed（信号灯, 旗）绿色的（示意继续行进）。
- (of a ski run) of the lowest level of difficulty, as indicated by coloured markers on the run（滑雪道）有绿色标志的（表示难度最低）。
- Physics denoting one of three colours of quark【物理】（指夸克的三种颜色之一）以绿色为标记的。
- covered with grass, trees, or other plants被绿色植物覆盖的：
proposals that would smother green fields with development.
会吞没绿地的开发计划。
- （一般作Green）concerned with or supporting protection of the environment as a political principle关注环境的; （政治上）支持环保的：
official Green candidates.
绿党的正式候选人。
- (of a product) not harmful to the environment（产品）于环境无害的, 环保的, “绿色”的。
- (of a plant or fruit) young or unripe（植物）幼嫩的; （水果）未熟的：
green shoots.
嫩芽。
- (of wood) unseasoned（木材）未干透的, 湿的。
- (of food or leather) not dried, smoked, or tanned（食物, 皮革）未经干燥的; 未经熏制的; 未经鞣制的。
- (of a person) inexperienced, naive, or gullible（人）缺乏经验的; 幼稚的; 易上当受骗的：
a green recruit fresh from college.
新招收的毫无经验的刚毕业的大学生。
- (of a memory) not fading（记忆）清晰的：
clubs devoted to keeping green the memory of Sherlock Holmes.
致力于让福尔摩斯形象在人们记忆中永不褪色的俱乐部。
- still strong or vigorous依然生气勃勃的：
first there was green old age, hardly different from middle age.
首先是精神矍铄的初老期, 与中年几乎没有什么不同。
- archaic (of a wound) fresh; not healed〈古〉（伤口）新的; 未愈合的。
- (of the complexion or a person) pale and sicklylooking脸色发青的, 有病容的：
'Are you all right?- You look absolutely green.'
“你没事吧？——脸上一点血色也没有。”
- as a sign of jealousy or envy（表示）嫉妒的。
- mass noun green colour or pigment绿色; 绿色颜料：
major roads are marked in green.
主要道路用绿色标示。
- green clothes or material绿色衣服; 绿色衣料：
two girls in red and green.
两个穿着红、绿两色衣服的女孩。
- green foliage or growing plants绿叶; 青葱的草木：
that lovely canopy of green over Stratford Road.
斯特拉特福街上方美丽的绿荫。
- informal, dated low-grade cannabis〈非正式, 旧〉低级大麻。
- informal, dated money〈非正式, 旧〉钞票：
that's a lot of green.
那可是一大笔钞票。
- a green thing, in particular绿色物, 尤指：
- a green light绿色信号灯。
- the green ball in snooker（斯诺克台球戏中的）绿球。
- a piece of public or common grassy land, especially in the centre of a village（尤指村庄中央的）公共绿地：
a house overlooking the green.
一座俯瞰公共绿地的房子。
- an area of smooth, very short grass immediately surrounding a hole on a golf course（高尔夫球场的）球穴区（球穴周围短而平整的草地）。
greens
green vegetables绿色蔬菜：eat up your greens.
把你的蔬菜吃掉。
one's greens
Brit. informal, dated sexual intercourse〈英, 非正式, 旧〉性交。
- （一般作Green）a member or supporter of an environmentalist group or party环境保护主义者, 绿色组织成员; 绿党成员。
- make or become green, in particular（使）成为绿色, 尤指：
- with obj. make (an urban or desert area) more verdant by planting or encouraging trees or other greenery绿化：
they were greening China's semi-arid Yellow River delta.
他们正在绿化中国半干旱的黄河三角洲。
- with obj. make less harmful or more sensitive to the environment降低…对环境的危害; 增强…的环保意识：
the importance of greening this industry.
降低该产业对环境危害的重要性。
- no obj. become green in colour, through age or by becoming covered with plants（因年久或被植物覆盖而）变为绿色：
the roof was greening with lichen.
屋顶正逐渐被青苔覆盖。