来自PIE*gher, 照耀，照明。此处指微光，灰白色。词义演变比较brown, 来自PIE*bher, 照耀，照明，词源同bright.

1. His hair was disheveled, and his face was unshaven and gray.

他头发凌乱，没刮胡子，脸色苍白。

2. Lovett was a tall, commanding man with a waxed gray mustache.

洛维特是个威严的高个男人，蓄着灰白的八字胡。

3. I saw this nice-looking man in a gray suit.

我见到过这个身着灰色套装的英俊男士。

4. She tried to blow a gray strand of hair from her eyes.

她竭力想把眼前的一缕白发吹开。

5. In the mornings the sky appeared a heavy shade of mottled gray.

清晨，天空呈现出斑驳的深灰色。