单词 | grizzled |
释义 | grizzled From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgrizzledgriz‧zled /ˈɡrɪzəld/ adjective literaryDChaving grey or greyish hairgrizzled hair/head/beard etc a grizzled old manExamples from the Corpusgrizzled• 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.• Now, in the reluctant dawn light, he stood eyeing the carriage and rubbing his grizzled chin.• He wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed well-muscled legs and arms and a strong neck that belied the grizzled hair.• 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.grizzled hair/head/beard etc• He is the next breadhead - about my age, with grizzled hair.• He wore shorts and a T-shirt that revealed well-muscled legs and arms and a strong neck that belied the grizzled hair.• With his grizzled beard and his peg-leg he looked like an extra from Treasure Island.Origin grizzled (1400-1500) Old French grisel “gray”, from gris |
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