grainy

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grain·y /ˈɡreɪni/ adjective  TCPCSa photograph that is grainy has a rough appearance, as if the images are made up of spots 〔照片〕有颗粒的，粗糙的

Examples from the Corpus

grainy• Aged Gruyere: Five years old, this cheese is grainy and piquant with a sweet, long finish.• The photo is a grainy collage of blacks and whites, with dots and lines scratched across the murky background.• Its defrosting is subtle, gradual: but Eisenstein rather than Antonioni: grainy, gritty even.• Another video weakness to guard against is the coarse and grainy look of plain surfaces in bright primary colours, especially reds.• grainy mustard• I stare at the screen while they show a grainy old black-and-white photo of me, younger, with longer hair.• Below the fold was a grainy photograph taken on primary night.• It also includes a grainy, retouched photograph of the man holding the death mask in his hands.

grain·y adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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grainy
grain‧y /ˈɡreɪni/ adjective
a photograph that is grainy has a rough appearance, as if the images are made up of spots

grainyBrE /ˈɡreɪni/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡreɪni/ 🔊 adjective (grain·ier, graini·est) (especially of photographs 尤指照片) not having completely clear images because they look as if they are made of a lot of small dots and marks 有颗粒的；粒状的；有纹的◆The film is shot in grainy black and white. 这部电影拍成有颗粒感的黑白片。🔊🔊having a rough surface or containing small bits, seeds, etc. 表面粗糙的；粒面的◆grainy texture粒面质地