ashy

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling ashes (especially in colour); (of a person’s complexion) unusually pale as a result of strong emotion, illness, etc.
    — Still is he sullein, still he lowres and frets, / Twixt crimson shame, and anger ashie pale,
  2. Comprising, containing, or covered with ash.
    — Ye heauenly spirites, whose ashie cinders lie / Vnder deep ruines, with huge walls opprest,
  3. Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored).
    — It was summer and his pants were short, so the pickle juice made clean streams down his ashy legs[…]

词形变化

ashier comparative ashiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
ashily ashiness ashy-headed goose ashy-headed laughingthrush ashy minivet ashy prinia ashy silktassel ashy tit ashy woodpecker ashy woodswallow

词源

From Middle English asshy, asky, equivalent to ash + -y.
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