gray

• adj.灰色; 青白い; 灰色の髪の; 陰気な
• n. 灰色；鈍い光
• vi. 灰色になる
• vt.灰色または灰色にする
• n. （灰色）人の名前；（イタリア語）Grai；（英語、フランス語、ポルトガル語、スウェーデン語）Gray

PIE*gher（輝く、照らす）から。ここでは、きらめく、灰色がかった白を意味する。語源的進化 brownと比較すると、PIE*bherの「輝く、照らす」が語源で、語源的にはbrightと同じ。

gray (adj.)

"of a color between white and black; having little or no color or luminosity," Old English gr?g "gray" (Mercian grei), from Proto-Germanic *grewa- "gray" (cognates: Old Norse grar, Old Frisian gre, Middle Dutch gra, Dutch graw, Old High German grao, German grau), with no certain connections outside Germanic. French gris, Spanish gris, Italian grigio, Medieval Latin griseus are Germanic loan-words. The spelling distinction between British grey and U.S. gray developed 20c. Expression the gray mare is the better horse in reference to households ruled by wives is recorded from 1540s.

gray (n.)

c. 1200, from gray (adj.). Gray as figurative for "Southern troops in the U.S. Civil War" is first recorded 1863, in reference to their uniform color.

gray (v.)

"become gray, wither," 1610s (with an isolated instance from late 14c.), from gray (adj.). Related: Grayed; graying.

1. His hair was disheveled，and his face was unshaven and gray .

彼は髪が乱れていて、ひげを剃っていないので、顔色が青ざめている。

2.Lovett was a tall，commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.

ロビットは威厳のある背の高い男で、灰色の八の字胡をたくわえている。

3.I saw this nice-looking man in a gray suit.

グレーのスーツを着たハンサムな男性を見たことがある。

4.She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.

彼女は目の前の白髪を吹き飛ばそうとした。

5.In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray .

早朝、空はまだらな濃い灰色を呈していた。