grey-haired
grey-haired — 形容詞
1. describes a person whose hair has turned grey or white, usually because they are
灰髮的
頭髮呈灰色或白色的
describes a person whose hair has turned grey or white, usually because they are getting older
Evelyn, now grey-haired and in her seventies, still walks to the market every morning.
Evelyn 現在已是七十五歲、滿頭灰髮，每天早上仍然走路去市場。
predicative use after a comma
The grey-haired woman at the shoe shop helped Amihan find the right size.
鞋店那位灰髮的女士幫 Amihan 找到了合適的尺寸。
attributive use before a noun
Felix's father became grey-haired in his early forties, much sooner than his friends did.
Felix 的父親四十出頭就滿頭灰髮，比他朋友們早了很多。
A grey-haired gentleman stood at the piano and began to play a gentle song.
一位灰髮的先生站在鋼琴前，開始彈奏一首輕柔的曲子。
- white-haired
more precise when hair is fully white rather than mixed grey
- silver-haired
more poetic or flattering tone
- grizzled
usually describes a mix of grey and dark hair on men, especially in facial hair
- dark-haired
neutral opposite — hair without grey
文法句型
grey-haired + noun
be + grey-haired
用法筆記
Commonly used predicatively (after be/become/look) or attributively (before a noun). The spelling grey-haired follows British English; American English prefers gray-haired.