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grayest 音标拼音: [gr'eɪst] a. 灰色的,苍白的 灰色的,苍白的 Gray \ Gray\ ( gr[= a]), a. [ Compar. { Grayer}; superl. { Grayest}.] [ OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[= ae] g, gr[= e] g; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gr[= a] o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[* a], Icel. gr[= a] r.] [ Written also { grey}.] 1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove. [ 1913 Webster] These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and blacks. -- Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Gray- haired; gray- headed; of a gray color; hoary. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames. [ 1913 Webster] 4. gloomy; dismal. [ PJC] { Gray antimony} ( Min.), stibnite. { Gray buck} ( Zool.), the chickara. { Gray cobalt} ( Min.), smaltite. { Gray copper} ( Min.), tetrahedrite. { Gray duck} ( Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female mallard. { Gray falcon} ( Zool.) the peregrine falcon. { Gray Friar}. See { Franciscan}, and { Friar}. { Gray hen} ( Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black grouse. See { Heath grouse}. { Gray mill} or { Gray millet} ( Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus { Lithospermum}; gromwell. { Gray mullet} ( Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the genus { Mugil}, or family { Mugilid[ ae]}, found both in the Old World and America; as the European species ({ Mugilid[ ae] capito}, and { Mugilid[ ae] auratus}), the American striped mullet ({ Mugilid[ ae] albula}), and the white or silver mullet ({ Mugilid[ ae] Braziliensis}). See { Mullet}. { Gray owl} ( Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({ Syrnium aluco}). The great gray owl ({ Ulula cinerea}) inhabits arctic America. { Gray parrot} ( Zool.), an African parrot ({ Psittacus erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its aptness in learning to talk. Also called { jako}. { Gray pike}. ( Zool.) See { Sauger}. { Gray snapper} ( Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See { Snapper}. { Gray snipe} ( Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage. { Gray whale} ( Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the northern Pacific ({ Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly { Rhachianectes glaucus}), having short jaws and no dorsal fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet ( someimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare; -- called also { grayback}, { devilfish}, and { hardhead}. It lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons. [ 1913 Webster]
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