grey

柯林斯詞典

[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

1. COLOR Grey is the colour of ashes or of clouds on a rainy day. 灰色的
...a grey suit. …一套灰色西裝。
2. ADJ If the weather is grey, there are many clouds in the sky and the light is dull. (天氣) 隂沉的
It was a grey, wet, April Sunday. 那是一個(gè)隂沉、潮溼、4月裡的星期天。
3. ADJ If you describe a situation as grey, you mean that it is dull, unpleasant, or difficult. 隂鬱的
Brazilians look gloomily forward to a New Year that even the president admits will be grey and cheerless. 巴西民衆(zhòng)沮喪地期待著一個(gè)連縂統(tǒng)都承認(rèn)將會(huì)是隂鬱而沉悶的新年。
4. ADJ If you describe someone or something as grey, you think that they are boring and unattractive, and very similar to other things or other people. 無(wú)特色的[表不滿(mǎn)]
Miles is one of those little grey men you find in every company. 邁爾斯是那種你在每家公司都找得到的毫無(wú)特色的小個(gè)子男人。