| 单词 | the grey of the morning |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe grey of the morning 7. The dull or cold light of dawn or twilight; grey or gloomy light caused by overcast weather. Esp. in the grey of the morning and variants. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > [noun] > sunlight or sunshine > twilight evengloamOE twilighting1387 crepusculum1398 crepusculec1400 twilightc1440 twinlightc1532 grisping1580 grey1592 owl-light1599 gropsing1606 twatter-light1606 twitterlight1608 dusk1622 grasp1650 torchlighta1656 crepuscle1665 mock-shade1669 dimps1693 duskish1696 dimmit1746 darklins1767 twilight glow1819 gloama1821 owlet light1821 sandhya1876 dusk-light1937 1592 R. Johnson Nine Worthies sig. Fv Ere the morning parted with her gray The foming beast as dead as clay did lie. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. v. 19 Yon gray is not the Mornings Eye. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing v. iii. 27 The gentle day..Dapples the drowsie East with spots of grey . View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 101 The Gray of the Morning; Break of day, and from thence till it be clear light. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 19 Our Ship..was surprised in the Grey of the Morning. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. vii. 215 She continued to gaze upon it [sc. the vessel], with warm emotion, till the gray of twilight obscured the distance. 1853 C. Boner Chamois Hunting in Mountains of Bavaria xi. 146 The grey of evening spread over the sky. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 79 The sober grey of our dim Highland glens. 1905 Harper's Monthly Mag. July 287/1 The gray of the winter afternoon was creeping over the valley. 1995 V. Chandra Red Earth & Pouring Rain (1996) 152 So, two days later, in the grey of early morning, Uday Singh appeared at Arun's gate. < as lemmas |
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