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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。
微绿的；带绿色的
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微绿的；带绿色的
somewhat green; tinged with green
The leaves have a greenish tint in early spring.
这些叶子在早春带有一丝淡绿色。
略带绿色的。
Somewhat green in color.
The leaves in early spring are a greenish yellow.
早春的叶子呈黄绿色。
The water in the pond looked greenish after the rain.
雨后池塘里的水看起来有点发绿。
She chose a greenish scarf to match her coat.
她选了一条带绿色的围巾来配她的大衣。
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 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 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。
Not this
The greenish of the leaves is beautiful.
Use this
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。
Not this
The walls are greenish color.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
黄绿色
The leaves change to a greenish yellow in late summer.
夏末时树叶变成黄绿色。
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。
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。
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。
Use greenish naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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.