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the greyness of [noun]
常用 the greyness of... 来描述光线、天色或氛围。
The greyness of the winter sky made the city feel sad.
冬日天空的灰暗让这座城市显得忧伤。
灰色；灰暗
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
灰色；灰暗
the quality of being grey; a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
The greyness of the winter sky made the city feel sad.
冬日天空的灰暗让这座城市显得忧伤。
灰色；灰暗。
The quality or state of being grey.
The greyness of the winter sky made everyone feel a little tired.
冬天天空的灰暗让每个人都感到有点疲倦。
She painted the room to escape the greyness of the city.
她粉刷了房间，以逃避城市的灰暗。
His photos captured the greyness of the coastal town in November.
他的照片捕捉了十一月沿海小镇的灰暗。
常用 the greyness of... 来描述光线、天色或氛围。
The greyness of the winter sky made the city feel sad.
冬日天空的灰暗让这座城市显得忧伤。
greyness 通常作不可数名词，但可用 a greyness 表示一种灰暗的氛围或景象。
There was a greyness that seemed to settle over the old house.
有一种灰暗仿佛笼罩着那栋老房子。
Not this
The greyness sky made the photo look dull.
Use this
The grey sky made the photo look dull.
greyness 是名词，意为“灰色、灰暗”，不能放在名词前作定语；修饰名词 sky 应该用形容词 grey。
Not this
The greyness of the walls are depressing.
Use this
The greyness of the walls is depressing.
句子的主语是 the greyness，为单数不可数名词，谓语动词应与其一致，用 is 而不是 are。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
天空的灰暗
The greyness of the sky made the afternoon feel dull.
天空的灰暗让下午显得沉闷。
单调的灰暗
She was tired of the drab greyness of the office walls.
她厌倦了办公室墙壁单调的灰暗。
冬日的灰暗
The greyness of winter seemed to last for months.
冬日的灰暗似乎持续了好几个月。
凄凉的灰暗
The city's bleak greyness depressed everyone who visited.
这座城市的凄凉灰暗让每个来访者都感到压抑。
Use greyness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住 grey 是“灰色”，ness 表示状态，greyness 就是灰蒙蒙、灰暗的状态。
语域：neutral 常见场景：书面描写、颜色描述 greyness 多用于书面或描写性语境，指灰色或灰暗的性质；口语中更常说 grey colour 或类似说法。
复数形式为 greynesses。
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