grey /grei/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
• (n.) Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
• (n.) Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)

Chinese translation

• n. 灰色
• a. 灰色的, 阴沉的
• v. (使)成灰色

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/grei/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam

Frequency

Zipf 4.48 · Rare

Word forms

greying, greyed, greys

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