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having the colour of smoke or ashes 灰色的；煙灰色的；灰白色的 grey eyes/hair 灰色的眼睛；灰白的頭發 Her hair was turning grey. 她的頭發開始變白了。 His beard was going grey. 他的胡子開始變白了。 wisps of grey smoke 一縷縷灰色的煙霧 a grey suit 一套灰色西裝
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(of the sky or weather 天空或天氣 not bright; full of clouds 昏暗的；陰沉的 grey skies 昏暗的天空 I hate these grey days. 我討厭這陰沉沉的天氣。 The sky looks very grey. I think it's going to rain. 天色看起來非常陰暗，我想快要下雨了。
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having grey hair 頭發花白；頭發灰白 Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancea1, Life stagesa1She was completely grey by the age of thirty. 她 30 歲就滿頭白發了。 He'd turned quite grey. 他的頭發明顯花白了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person’s skin colour 人的膚色 pale, because they are ill, tired or sad 蒼白的 The next morning she looked very grey and hollow-eyed. 第二天早上她臉色蒼白，眼窩深陷。 His face was grey with pain. 他痛得臉色煞白。
without interest or variety; making you feel sad 單調乏味的；憂鬱的；沉悶的 - (disapproving)
not interesting or attractive 沒趣味的；毫無吸引力的 Extra ExamplesShe had to talk to some grey under-secretary from the Ministry. 她不得不跟部裏的某個灰色副部長談。 Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits. 我們公司不是由那些身穿套裝、沉悶無趣的人所經營的。 It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy. 那一城市被認爲是實行死板官僚體制的地方。
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connected with old people 老年人的 the grey vote 老年人的投票總數 grey power 長者對社會的影響力
Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.