( <美> gray)
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- of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead灰色的：
grey flannel trousers.
灰色法兰绒长裤。
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- (of hair) turning grey or white with age（因年老须发变得）灰白的：
a grey beard.
灰白的胡须。
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- (of a person) having grey hair（人）灰白头发的：
as complement he is getting on a bit, and going grey.他已上了点年纪, 头发正开始变得花白。
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- informal, chiefly N. Amer. relating to old people, especially when seen as an oppressed group〈非正式, 主北美〉（尤指被视为受压迫群体的）老年人的：
grey power.
老年人的力量。
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- (of the weather) cloudy and dull; without sun（天气）阴沉的; 灰暗的; 无阳光的：
a cold, grey November day.
11月阴冷、灰暗的一天。
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- (of a person's face) pale, as through tiredness, age, or illness（面色）苍白的：
a few people, their faces grey and bitter.
有几个人, 脸色苍白、表情痛苦。
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- dull and nondescript; without interest or character平淡无奇的; 无明显特征的; 单调乏味的：
grey, faceless men
乏味而无个性的人
the grey daily routine.
无聊的日常事务。
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- (of financial or trading activity) not accounted for in official statistics（金融或贸易活动）不在官方统计数字之内的, 灰色的：
the grey economy.
灰色经济。
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- S. African of or relating to a residential area in which people of differing ethnic backgrounds live as neighbours〈南非〉（与）民族杂居区（相关）的, 黑人白人杂居区的：
a grey Cape Town suburb.
开普敦郊区的一个民族杂居区。
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- mass noun grey colour or pigment灰色; 灰色颜料：
dirty intermediate tones of grey.
暗淡无光的中灰色调。
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- grey clothes or material灰色衣服; 灰色布料：
the gentleman in grey.
那位穿灰色衣服的先生。
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- grey hair灰白头发：
he sighed at the amount of grey at his temple.
看到自己鬓角那么多的花白头发, 他叹了口气。
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- a grey thing or animal, in particular a grey or white horse灰色物; 灰色动物（尤指灰色或白色的马）。
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- no obj.(especially of hair) become grey with age（尤指头发）变成灰白色：
he had put on weight and greyed somewhat
他变胖了, 头发也有些花白了
as adj. greying a man of about fifty with greying hair.50岁左右头发花白的男人。
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- (of a person or group) become older; age（人, 群体）变老, 老化：
as adj. greying a greying workforce.正在老化的劳动力。
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- with obj.
grey something out
Computing display a menu option in a light font to indicate that it is not available【计算机】用灰色显示（指用浅色显示菜单选项, 表示该选项不能使用）。
派生词
greyish
adjectivegreyly
adverbgreyness
noun词源
Old English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.