grey: [OE] Grey is an ancient colour term, traceable back all the way to a prehistoric Indo- European *ghrēghwos. From this was descended West and North Germanic *gr?waz, which produced German grau, Dutch grauw, Swedish gr?, and Danish graa as well as English grey. The distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is a comparatively recent one. Dr Johnson in his Dictionary 1755 gave gray as the main form, and even into the early 20th century it was still quite common in Britain (The Times used it, for instance). Nor is grey by any means unknown in America.
grey
see gray.
例文
1. I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt.
私は自分の黄色のグレーの間のシャツの一番下のボタンを2つ外しました。
2.He was a tall,thin man with grey hair.
彼は背が高く、白髪混じりの髪をしている。
3.At one point last week shares in the grey market touched 230 p.
先週、グレーマーケットでの株価は一時230ペンスに達した。
4. Grey took every opportunity to lambast Thompson and his organization.
グレイはトンプソンとその組織を砲撃する機会を逃さない。
5.His grey jersey and trousers were sodden with the rain.