grizzle

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈɡɹɪzəl/|/ˈɡɹɪzl̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dark grey colour.
  2. Grey hair.
  3. A grey wig.
动词 v.
  1. To make or become grey, as with age.
    — R. F. Burton hardship of the way such as would grizzle little children
  2. To cry continuously but not very loudly (said especially of young children).
  3. To whinge or whine. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,slang
    — [Wilfred:] In tears, eh? What a plague art thou grizzling for now?
  4. To fuss or cry. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,slang
    — New mothers frequently complain that their partner won't get up to change a wet nappy or comfort a grizzling baby.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of a grey colour.

词形变化

grizzles plural grizzles present,singular,third-person grizzling participle,present grizzled participle,past grizzled past grizzles present,singular,third-person grizzling participle,present grizzled participle,past grizzled past

词汇关系

相关词
grizzly gristle grizzler

词源

词源 1
From Middle English grisel, gryselle, from Old French grisel, from gris (“grey”), from Frankish *grīs, from Proto-Germanic *grīsaz.
词源 2
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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