grey-haired

IPA/ˌɡreɪ ˈheəd/
IPA/ˌɡreɪ ˈherd/

grey-haired — 形容詞

1. describes a person whose hair has turned grey or white, usually because they are

1.形容詞B1
釋義

灰髮的

頭髮呈灰色或白色的

describes a person whose hair has turned grey or white, usually because they are getting older

例句

Evelyn, now grey-haired and in her seventies, still walks to the market every morning.

Evelyn 現在已是七十五歲、滿頭灰髮，每天早上仍然走路去市場。

predicative use after a comma

The grey-haired woman at the shoe shop helped Amihan find the right size.

鞋店那位灰髮的女士幫 Amihan 找到了合適的尺寸。

attributive use before a noun

常見搭配
  • grey-haired lady
  • grey-haired man
  • grey-haired woman
  • grey-haired gentleman
  • turn grey-haired
  • become grey-haired
  • go grey-haired
同義詞
  • white-haired

    more precise when hair is fully white rather than mixed grey

  • silver-haired

    more poetic or flattering tone

  • grizzled

    usually describes a mix of grey and dark hair on men, especially in facial hair

反義詞

文法句型

grey-haired + noun

be + grey-haired

用法筆記

Commonly used predicatively (after be/become/look) or attributively (before a noun). The spelling grey-haired follows British English; American English prefers gray-haired.

常見錯誤

She is a grey hair woman.
She is a grey-haired woman.
The compound adjective needs a hyphen and the -ed suffix.

同根字

  • grey hair
    名詞B1
  • greying
    形容詞B2
  • grey
    形容詞A2
  • greyish
    形容詞B2
  • gray-haired
    形容詞B1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

副詞搭配

  • prematurely grey-haired
  • completely grey-haired
  • mostly grey-haired
  • fully grey-haired

常用片語

  • grey-haired and wrinkled
  • tall and grey-haired
  • grey-haired but still active