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单词 white-haired
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Definition of white-haired in English:

white-haired

adjective
  • Having hair of a white colour, especially from age.

    a white-haired woman with wrinkled skin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Fred is a dapper, chatty, white-haired man in, I guess, his mid-seventies.
    • He always arrived in class on time, well groomed, white-haired, with a trim mustache, soft smile, cultured voice with a slight German accent.
    • He is a kindly, white-haired charmer.
    • When I knocked, an aged, white-haired woman wearing a tattered apron appeared.
    • The door to the room opened and an old gentleman, white-haired, ruddy-cheeked, elegantly dressed, invited him to enter.
    • Great-grandma was a white-haired old lady by the time my mother came along.
    • Trim, white-haired, and as stylish as a country gentleman, Mondavi, at 88, is the head of a vast wine empire.
    • His general public image was that of a true sage, a benevolent, white-haired wise man, full of sound advice for the guidance of the lives of ordinary people.
    • I noticed, across a distant paddock, a white-haired figure striding through the grass.
    • White-haired gentlemen haunt grand old cafes from days gone by, sipping coffee under dusty chandeliers.
    • Clarke was rather English in appearance, a tall, thin, white-haired man in spectacles.
    • The white-haired woman murmured a few words and the girl sighed, then said something that made both women laugh.
    • I stared at the bent, white-haired figure as if I had never seen him before.
    • Barbara Jefford as Queen Margaret is white-haired, baleful and beautifully spoken.
    • The archived footage showed a white-haired man speaking at a podium.
    Synonyms
    elderly, aged, old, getting on, ancient, venerable, long in the tooth, of an advanced age, advanced in years
 
 

Definition of white-haired in US English:

white-haired

adjectiveˌ(h)waɪtˈhɛrdˌ(h)wītˈherd
  • Having hair of a white color, especially from age.

    a white-haired woman with wrinkled skin
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I noticed, across a distant paddock, a white-haired figure striding through the grass.
    • Barbara Jefford as Queen Margaret is white-haired, baleful and beautifully spoken.
    • The white-haired woman murmured a few words and the girl sighed, then said something that made both women laugh.
    • Clarke was rather English in appearance, a tall, thin, white-haired man in spectacles.
    • The archived footage showed a white-haired man speaking at a podium.
    • Fred is a dapper, chatty, white-haired man in, I guess, his mid-seventies.
    • White-haired gentlemen haunt grand old cafes from days gone by, sipping coffee under dusty chandeliers.
    • When I knocked, an aged, white-haired woman wearing a tattered apron appeared.
    • Great-grandma was a white-haired old lady by the time my mother came along.
    • Trim, white-haired, and as stylish as a country gentleman, Mondavi, at 88, is the head of a vast wine empire.
    • The door to the room opened and an old gentleman, white-haired, ruddy-cheeked, elegantly dressed, invited him to enter.
    • He is a kindly, white-haired charmer.
    • I stared at the bent, white-haired figure as if I had never seen him before.
    • His general public image was that of a true sage, a benevolent, white-haired wise man, full of sound advice for the guidance of the lives of ordinary people.
    • He always arrived in class on time, well groomed, white-haired, with a trim mustache, soft smile, cultured voice with a slight German accent.
    Synonyms
    elderly, aged, old, getting on, ancient, venerable, long in the tooth, of an advanced age, advanced in years
 
 
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