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  • Derivatives : n  greenness ; adj  greenish ; adv  greenly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

green [griːn]
  1. 1. adjective (colour) 绿色
  2. 2. adjective (inexperienced) 缺乏经验的
    He was very green, straight out of college.
    他刚毕业没什么经验
  3. 3. adjective (environmental) 环保
    green activists
    环保分子
  4. 4. noun [c/u] (colour) 绿色
    The walls were a bright green.
    墙是鲜绿色的。
  5. 5. noun [c] [高尔夫] 球穴区
  6. 6. noun [c] (also: village green) 村庄公共绿地
  7. 7. n pl (vegetables) 绿叶菜
  8. 8. n pl the Greens 绿党成员
    to have green fingers {or} > a green thumb
    [US] 擅长侍弄花草
    to give sb/sth the green light
    准许某人做某事/某事的发生
    to be green with envy
    十分妒忌

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

green [griːn]
  1. 1. adjective 绿色的草绿色
  2. 2. adjective [Political Science] 绿党的
  3. 3. adjective 生的,没熟的
  4. 4. adjective 脸色发青的,面带病容
    You're looking green.
    看起来精力旺盛
  5. 5. adjective 天真的,无经验的,易受骗
  6. 6. adjective 长青草的,被绿色覆盖
  7. 7. adjective [Spoken] 嫉妒的,妒忌
  8. 8. adjective 潮的未干的
  9. 9. n.[c] 绿党成员
  10. 10. n.[c/u] 绿色草绿色
  11. 11. noun [Place Name] Green River 绿河
  12. 12. n.[c] 绿地草坪
  13. 13. n.[c] [Golf] 球穴区
    The ball rolled across the green and into the bunker.
    球滚过草地然后进入沙洞。
  14. 14. noun [People] William Green 威廉·格林(1873-1952),1924年到1952年任美国劳工联盟会长
  15. 15. n.[c] [Plural] 绿色蔬菜
  16. 16. noun [People] John Richard Green 约翰·理查德·格林(1837-1883),英国历史学家
  17. 17. n.[c] K粉,K他命,克他命,K仔
  18. 18. noun [People] Paul Eliot Green 保罗·埃利艾特·格林(1894-),美国剧作家
  19. 19. n.[c] [Plural] 绿枝,绿叶
  20. 20. n.[c] [Plural] 绿树,草木
  21. 21. n.[u] 绿色的衣服
  22. 22. n.[u] [Slang] [American English] 钱,钞票
  23. 23. n.[c/u] 绿色颜料绿色染料
  24. 24. verb (使)变绿色
    The trees are greening.
    树木正在返青

Collins English-English Dictionary

green [griːn]
  1. 1. n any of a group of colours, such as that of fresh grass, that lie between yellow and blue in the visible spectrum in the wavelength range 575--500 nanometres. Green is the complementary colour of magenta and with red and blue forms a set of primary colours
  2. 2. n a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
  3. 3. n something of the colour green
  4. 4. n a small area of grassland, esp in the centre of a village
  5. 5. n an area of ground used for a purpose
    a putting green
  6. 6. n [plural] the edible leaves and stems of certain plants, eaten as a vegetable
  7. 7. n freshly cut branches of ornamental trees, shrubs, etc, used as a decoration
  8. 8. n [sometimes capital] a person, esp a politician, who supports environmentalist issues (see sense 13)
  9. 9. n [Slang] money
  10. 10. n [Slang] marijuana of low quality
  11. 11. n [plural] [Slang] sexual intercourse
  12. 12. adj of the colour green
  13. 13. adj greenish in colour or having parts or marks that are greenish
    a green monkey
  14. 14. adj [sometimes capital] concerned with or relating to conservation of the world's natural resources and improvement of the environment
    green policies
    the green consumer
  15. 15. adj vigorous; not faded
    a green old age
  16. 16. adj envious or jealous
  17. 17. adj immature, unsophisticated, or gullible
  18. 18. adj characterized by foliage or green plants
    a green wood
    a green salad
  19. 19. adj fresh, raw, or unripe
    green bananas
  20. 20. adj unhealthily pale in appearance
    he was green after his boat trip
  21. 21. adj denoting a unit of account that is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations and is used to make payments to agricultural producers within the EU
    green pound
    green franc
  22. 22. adj (of pottery) not fired
  23. 23. adj (of meat) not smoked or cured; unprocessed
    green bacon
  24. 24. adj [metallurgy] (of a product, such as a sand mould or cermet) compacted but not yet fired; ready for firing
  25. 25. adj (of timber) freshly felled; not dried or seasoned
  26. 26. adj (of concrete) not having matured to design strength
  27. 27. vb to make or become green
  28. 28. vb [Etymology] Old English grene; related to Old High German gruoni; see grow

Examples

He was surprised to discover that green cards are no longer green.
他惊讶地发现绿卡已不再“绿”了。
between blue and green
在蓝色和绿色之间
a dirty green
灰绿色
a green December
暖和无雪的十二月
the green years
青春时期,青年时代

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