Word · Frequency #20174
greenish
微绿的；带绿色的
somewhat green; tinged with green
- 1.
Somewhat green in color.
略带绿色的。
略带绿色的。；呈绿色的
In use
The leaves in early spring are a greenish yellow.
The water in the pond looked greenish after the rain.
She chose a greenish scarf to match her coat.
greenish + noun
greenish 作定语时放在名词前，表示带绿色的、微绿的。
The leaves have a greenish tint in early spring.
这些叶子在早春带有一丝淡绿色。
look/appear + greenish
look 或 appear 后接 greenish 作表语，描述视觉印象。
The water looks greenish after the rain.
雨后水面看起来发绿。
turn/become + greenish
turn 或 become 后接 greenish 强调颜色变化。
The sky turned greenish before the storm.
暴风雨来临前天空变得发绿。
Common mistakes
The greenish of the leaves is beautiful.The greenish color of the leaves is beautiful.
「greenish」是形容词，不能直接用作名词。表示「微绿的颜色」时，需要补上名词「color」，构成名词短语，句子才正确。
The walls are greenish color.The walls are a greenish color.
「color」在这里是可数名词单数，前面需要不定冠词「a」；若不说「color」，可改为「The walls are greenish.」，但保留「color」时必须有冠词。
Connections
Collocations
- greenish tint
- 淡绿色调
- The recycled paper has a faint greenish tint.这种再生纸带有淡淡的绿色调。
- greenish yellow
- 黄绿色
- The leaves change to a greenish yellow in late summer.夏末时树叶变成黄绿色。
- greenish water
- 发绿的水
- The river looked unhealthy because of the greenish water.河水看起来不健康，因为水发绿。
- greenish complexion
- 发绿的脸色
- She had a greenish complexion after eating the spoiled fish.吃了变质的鱼后，她的脸色发绿。
- greenish glow
- 淡绿色的光
- A greenish glow appeared in the night sky.夜空中出现了一道淡绿色的光。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
green（绿）后面加 ish，表示“有点……的”，所以 greenish 就是“带点绿、微绿的”，像嫩草刚发芽的颜色。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing colors、everyday conversation、nature observations greenish 是中性词，没有明显正式或口语色彩，多用于描述颜色，在日常对话和描写自然景物时都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end in -ish and share the suffix sound /ɪʃ/, but their stressed vowels are different (e.g., /uː/, /e/, /aɪ/, /aʊ/, /ɔː/), so none is a true rhyme with greenish /ˈɡriːnɪʃ/. Use them to spot the -ish spelling pattern, not as rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.