slaty

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsleɪti/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling the rock slate.
    — Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars.
  2. Of a light grey colour as slate.
    — But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew.

词形变化

slatier comparative slatiest superlative slatey alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Bolivian slaty antshrike great slaty woodpecker Guianan slaty antshrike Natterer's slaty antshrike Peruvian slaty antshrike Planalto slaty antshrike slatily slatiness slaty-backed gull slaty-breasted tinamou slaty bristlefront slaty-grey snake slaty-legged crake Sooretama slaty antshrike western slaty antshrike

词源

Etymology tree
English slate
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English slaty
From slate + -y.
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