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having the colour of smoke or ashes 灰色的；烟灰色的；灰白色的 grey eyes/hair 灰色的眼睛；灰白的头发 Her hair was turning grey. 她的头发开始变白了。 His beard was going grey. 他的胡子开始变白了。 wisps of grey smoke 一缕缕灰色的烟雾 a grey suit 一套灰色西装
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(of the sky or weather 天空或天气 not bright; full of clouds 昏暗的；阴沉的 grey skies 昏暗的天空 I hate these grey days. 我讨厌这阴沉沉的天气。 The sky looks very grey. I think it's going to rain. 天色看起来非常阴暗，我想快要下雨了。
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having grey hair 头发花白；头发灰白 Extra ExamplesTopics Appearancea1, Life stagesa1She was completely grey by the age of thirty. 她 30 岁就满头白发了。 He'd turned quite grey. 他的头发明显花白了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person’s skin colour 人的肤色 pale, because they are ill, tired or sad 苍白的 The next morning she looked very grey and hollow-eyed. 第二天早上她脸色苍白，眼窝深陷。 His face was grey with pain. 他痛得脸色煞白。
without interest or variety; making you feel sad 单调乏味的；忧郁的；沉闷的 - (disapproving)
not interesting or attractive 没趣味的；毫无吸引力的 Extra ExamplesShe had to talk to some grey under-secretary from the Ministry. 她不得不跟部里的某个灰色副部长谈。 Ours is a company that isn't run by grey men in suits. 我们公司不是由那些身穿套装、沉闷无趣的人所经营的。 It is thought of as a city of grey bureaucracy. 那一城市被认为是实行死板官僚体制的地方。
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connected with old people 老年人的 the grey vote 老年人的投票总数 grey power 长者对社会的影响力
Word OriginOld English grǣg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch grauw and German grau.