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单词 grizzled
释义
grizzledgriz‧zled /ˈɡrɪzəld/ adjective literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINgrizzled
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French grisel ‘gray’, from gris
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A young boy with a ladle and a stoup of water wetted their grizzled mouths.
  • He had others in his grizzled russet tonsure, dropped from the higher branches as the wind stirred them.
  • He was a grizzled veteran, spare of body, and as supple in the saddle as a youth.
  • He wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed well-muscled legs and arms and a strong neck that belied the grizzled hair.
  • Now, in the reluctant dawn light, he stood eyeing the carriage and rubbing his grizzled chin.
  • The old grizzled grannies cursed him as he passed them by.
  • There was rime on his beard, making him appear grizzled and old.
  • With his grizzled beard and his peg-leg he looked like an extra from Treasure Island.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a grizzled old man
having grey or greyish hairgrizzled hair/head/beard etc a grizzled old man
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