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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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gray /ɡreɪ/ noun, adjective  CCthe usual American spelling of grey grey的一般美式拼法
Examples from the Corpus
graygray faceless bureaucratsThe telegram came on a gray April day.the icy gray waters of the Atlantic
From Longman Business Dictionarygraygray the usual American spelling of grey
gray nounChinese
the American of Business spelling Corpus usual grey


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Gray
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Gray, David
(1970–) a British POP SINGER and songwriter who also plays the guitar. He is very popular in Ireland and some people think that he is Irish although he was actually born in Manchester. His most successful record is White Ladder and his songs include Shine, This Year's Love, and Please Forgive Me.

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Gray, Dorian /ˈdɔːriən/
the main character in the novel ThePicture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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Gray, Thomas
(1716–71) an English poet whose best-known work, Elegy written in a Country Churchyard, is usually called Gray's Elegy


gray
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gray /ɡreɪ/
the usual American spelling of grey

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grey2 British English, gray American English noun
[uncountable and countable] the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white:
    Do you have these skirts in grey?
    dull greys and browns

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grey3 British English, gray American English verb
[intransitive] if someone greys, their hair becomes grey:
    Jim was greying a little at the temples.
    a full head of greying hair


grayBrE /ɡreɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ɡreɪ/ 🔊 (especially NAmE) = grey