grey1 British EnglishBrE, gray American English /ɡreɪ/ ●●● S2 W2 adjectiveadj 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
6 of old people 老年人的SS [only before noun] British EnglishBrE connected with old people 老年人的 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 [uncountableU]