【gray音标】 英[greɪ] 美[greɪ]
【单词释义】 gray是什么意思:
n.[U,C]灰色(Am.);灰色颜料;暗淡的光线;[C]灰马
adj.灰色的;灰白头发的;阴暗的;(指脸因恐惧、生病等)苍白的
v.(使)变灰色
vi.成为灰色或灰白
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] grays [第三人称单数] grays
[单词现在分词] graying
[单词过去式] grayed
[单词过去分词] grayed
【gray形近词/近似词】
bray n.驴叫声;喇叭声 v.(驴子)嘶叫;发嘟嘟声;以刺耳的高声讲话
foray n.尝试;突袭;侵略 v. 袭击;劫掠
pray v.祈祷,祷告;祈望
fray v.(使布、绳等)磨损,磨破;使紧张;(使)烦躁 n.争吵;打斗;(织物等的)磨损处
spray v. 喷;喷洒 n.水花;喷雾;喷剂
array n.队列,阵列;数组;大堆
tray n.盘子;托盘;碟
【单词例句】
◇ They remained silent, and did not open the door. Gray-Head crept around the house several times, and finally jumped onto the roof. He wanted to wait until Little Red Cap went home that evening, then follow her and eat her up in the darkness.
但是她们既不说话,也不开门。这长着灰毛的傢伙围着房子转了两三圈,最后跳上屋顶,打算等小红帽在傍晚回家时偷偷跟在她的后面,趁天黑把她吃掉。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ But what did he see? Reflected in the transparent water, he saw below him his own image, but he was no longer a clumsy dark gray bird, ugly and ungainly. He was himself, a swan.
但是他在这清澈的水上看到了什么呢?他看到了自己的倒影。但那不再是一只粗笨的、深灰色的、又丑又令人讨厌的鸭子,而却是 -- 一只天鹅!
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ Though it is actually gray-blue limestone, the surface of the cliff has been stained to a sunset hue by iron salts washing out of the rocks.
虽然它实际上是灰蓝色的石灰石,但是从岩石里渗出的铁盐却把悬崖表面染上了晚霞般的色彩。
---- The Grand Canyon