grizzle
To make or become grey, as with ageTo make or become grey, as with age.
» Tom is a grizzled old man.
Том — седой старик.
Том — сивий стариган.
Значение
значений: 4To make or become grey, as with age.
R. F. Burton hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children
Pall Mall Magazine I found myself on the Nubian desert shaking hands with a grizzling man whom men addressed as Collins Bey.
To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия, Британия, сленг)To whinge or whine.
(Австралия, Новая Зеландия, Британия, сленг)To fuss or cry.
- be in a huff; be silent or sullen
- complain whiningly
Примеры
предложений: 4Tom is a grizzled old man.
Том — седой старик. — odexed
ukТом — сивий стариган. — deniko
Ak, as was his habit when in thought, stroked his grizzled beard slowly.
deWie er es immer tat, wenn er nachdachte, strich sich Ak bedächtig den ergrauten Bart. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Elias has grizzled hair.
He was an elderly man, with a thin, projecting nose, a high, bald forehead, and a huge grizzled moustache.
Происхождение
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from FraFrom Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
A West Country dialect term, perhaps from Old English grisan (“shudder”), which would make it a cognate of modern English grisly (not grizzly).
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Формы
grizzles, grizzling, grizzled, grizzledСинонимы
синонимов: 5Однокоренные
связанных слов: 1Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени