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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) 绿色的
  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) 环保的
    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 [politics] 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 [grɪn] [grɪːn]
  1. 1. adjective 绿色的，青的，草绿色的
    He was wearing a green hat and a white t-shirt.
    他戴了顶绿帽子，穿了件白T恤。
  2. 2. adjective 青葱的；覆有绿色植物或绿叶的，长满青草的
    a green field
    青葱的田野
  3. 3. adjective 四季青的；无雪的；温暖的，暖和的
    a green December
    暖和无雪的十二月
  4. 4. adjective 苍白的，（脸色等）发青的
  5. 5. adjective 茂盛的，精力充沛的，有活力的
    to keep someone's memory green
    使某人保持好的记忆力
  6. 6. adjective 青春的
    the green years
    青春时期，青年时代
  7. 7. adjective 未熟的，生的；嫩的
    green bananas
    生香蕉
    The grapes are still green.
    葡萄还没熟呢。
  8. 8. adjective 未经训练的；无经验的，不熟练的
  9. 9. adjective 易受骗的，头脑简单的；天真的，幼稚的
  10. 10. adjective 未干的；未经调味的；未经处理过的
    green lumber
    生材，湿板
  11. 11. adjective 新鲜的；新的，新近的，新近出现的；新制成的
  12. 12. adjective [verbal] 妒忌的
  13. 13. adjective 反对环境污染的；赞成环境保护及环境生态的
  14. 14. noun 绿色，青色
  15. 15. noun 任何绿色颜料（或染料）
  16. 16. noun 绿色的东西（如衣服、布等）
  17. 17. noun [复数形态时]（装饰用的）绿叶，青枝、小枝等
  18. 18. noun [复数形态时]绿叶的植物或青菜（如蔬菜、莴苣等）
  19. 19. noun （公共）草地；草坪
    a village green
    村庄草地
    a bowling green
    玩滚木球戏的草坪
  20. 20. noun [American English] [slang] 钱；尤指：钱币[主要用于long green，folding green 1.纸币，美国钞票；（尤指数量较大的）美金　2.伪造的美钞]
  21. 21. noun [golf] 果岭
  22. 22. noun [golf] 高尔夫球场
  23. 23. vt. （使）变绿色，把…染绿
  24. 24. vi. （使）变绿色，把…染绿

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
See more results for green in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

a green thumb
[US] 擅长侍弄花草 → green
green against the gold
金黄色打底的绿色 → against
between blue and green
在蓝色和绿色之间 → between
Green results from blending blue and yellow.
绿色(或青色)是由蓝黄两色调合而成。 → yellow
a dirty green
灰绿色 → dirty
a green field
青葱的田野 → green
a green December
暖和无雪的十二月 → green
to keep someone's memory green
使某人保持好的记忆力 → green
the green years
青春时期，青年时代 → green
green bananas
生香蕉 → green
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