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grey1 British English, gray American English /ɡreɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective  1  colour 颜色CC having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white 灰色的 an old lady with grey hair 头发灰白的老太太 a grey sky 灰色的天空dark/light grey dark grey trousers 深灰色的裤子 → battleship grey, iron-grey, → slate grey at slate1(3)2  hair 头发DCB having grey hair （有）灰白头发的go/turn grey She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early. 她是一个高高瘦瘦的女人，头发早早地白了。3  face 脸FRIGHTENEDTIRED looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or ill 〔由于疲倦、害怕或生病而〕脸色苍白的grey with As he listened, his face went grey with shock. 他听着，惊得脸色苍白。4  boring 乏味的BORING boring and unattractive 单调乏味的 OPP colourful the grey anonymous men in government offices 政府部门里那些呆板而千篇一律的男人 visions of a grey and empty world 想象中一个空虚无聊的世界5  weather 天气 if the weather is grey, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright 灰暗的，阴沉的 OPP bright a grey day 阴沉沉的天6  of old people 老年人的SS [only before noun] British English connected with old people 老年人的 the grey vote 老年人的选票7  grey area CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDused to talk about a situation in which something is not clearly a particular thing, so that people are not sure how to deal with it 灰色地带，中间区域〔指难以界定和处理的情况〕 people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the government 对政府不支持也不反对的中间派 —greyness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

grey• By the time he'd finished shifting the chairs, he was wearing grey gloves and a wig.• A takeover was under way by the grey men and the only ones who survived it were the grey people.• Immature grey on head and neck with smaller grey ear tufts.• the grey power movement in Britain• He went over to the grey shapes that had been silently watching throughout.• A large grey stone mansion, surrounded by rhododendrons.• The grey tenements walled in the space completely.• Conservatives have started to realize that they cannot take the grey vote for granted.• It was a grey winter morning.dark/light grey• The darker grey cravat made his eyes look bluer, his skin more tanned.• But Paula, dressed in light grey leggings, sweatshirt and a blue denim jacket, looks as cool as a cucumber.• She was blocky under her dark grey muu-muu.• It was a pretty worn dark grey one, but it fit him all right.• The interior styling is sombre; apart from the headlining and plush seat facings everything is either dark grey or black.• She had pinned a bunch of violets on her bonnet and put new, light grey ribbons on it.• I put on a dark grey suit with a fine stripe, a grey woollen tie and a soft white shirt.• Oxford mixture, dark grey woollen cloth.go/turn grey• And that is the moment when you begin to decide what you are going to do about going grey.• Britain became an elderly nation before others started to turn grey.• For example: Joan is going grey.• When had her hair gone grey?• If you are going grey, don't try to recapture the dark brown you were 20 years ago.• Many women who go grey early maintain the looks that belong to their real age by having their hair colour-rinsed.• And what about our attitudes to beauty: will you go grey or would you rather dye?• Anna Thomson Jane Green, 25, has been slowly going grey since she was 20.

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grey2 British English, gray American English ●●● S3 W3 noun  [countable, uncountable]CC the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white 灰色 Do you have these skirts in grey? 这些裙子有灰色的吗？ dull greys and browns 暗灰色和棕色

Examples from the Corpus

grey• Cool grey was also used to shade the face and hair.• Overhead a seagull circled the treetops, pale feathers shining against the dark grey of a flat sky.• We will watch the pigeons pass from grey to white, suddenly twitched, like a Venetian blind in the other bedroom.• Anna Thomson Jane Green, 25, has been slowly going grey since she was 20.

Related topics: Hair & beauty

grey3 British English, gray American English verb  [intransitive]DCB if someone greys, their hair becomes grey 〔头发〕变灰白，变花白 Jim was greying a little at the temples. 吉姆两鬓微霜。 a full head of greying hair 满头华发→ See Verb table

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grey• The dark hair was greying at the sides, but these days some guys do it with a brush.• He was a powerfully built man, over six feet tall with sleek black hair greying at the temples.From Longman Business Dictionarygreygrey /greɪ/ especially British English, gray American English adjective [only before a noun]ECONOMICSCOMMERCE grey trade involves buying goods from someone abroad who is not an official supplier and selling them at a price which is lower than that charged for goods from an official supplierthe grey trade in some prescription drugsa directive stating that retailers can buy grey goods from unauthorised suppliers within the European Union

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Business colour having the Corpus clouds, of dark

Grey

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Grey, Lady Jane
(1537–54) a woman who was queen of England for 9 days in 1553, before she was put in prison by Mary I, and later killed

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Grey, Zane /zeɪn/
(1875–1934) a US writer of adventure stories about life in the American West in the 19th century. His best-known novel is Riders of the Purple Sage.

grey

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grey¹ S2 W2 British English, gray American English /ɡreɪ/ adjective
1.  COLOUR having the colour of dark clouds, neither black nor white:
    an old lady with grey hair
    a grey sky
    dark/light grey
    dark grey trousers ⇨ battleship grey, iron-grey, ⇨ slate grey at slate¹(3)
2.  HAIR having grey hair
    go/turn grey
    She was a tall thin woman who had gone grey early.
3.  FACE looking pale because you are tired, frightened, or ill
    grey with
    As he listened, his face went grey with shock.
4.  BORING boring and unattractive
   OPP  colourful:
    the grey anonymous men in government offices
    visions of a grey and empty world
5.  WEATHER if the weather is grey, the sky is full of clouds and the sun is not bright
   OPP  bright:
    a grey day
6.  OF OLD PEOPLE  [only before noun] British English connected with old people:
    the grey vote
7. grey area used to talk about a situation in which something is not clearly a particular thing, so that people are not sure how to deal with it:
    people in the grey area between loyalty and opposition to the government
—greyness noun [uncountable]

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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