canescent

形容词 adj.
/kəˈnɛsənt/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Turning white or gray.
    — An aureole of canescent hair fanned out round his head, and his jaws collapsed on toothless gums […].
  2. Covered with short white or gray hairs; hoary.

词形变化

more canescent comparative most canescent superlative

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词源

From Latin canescens, present participle of canescere (“to become gray or white”).
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