hoary

hoary
(hoarier, hoariest)

greyish-white
灰白的
hoary cobwebs.
灰白色蜘蛛网。
■(of a person) having grey or white hair; aged
头发花白的；上了年纪的
young lasses imprisoned by hoary old husbands.
被上了年纪头发花白的丈夫禁锢的年轻妇女。
■[attrib.]used in names of animals and plants covered with whitish fur or short hairs, e.g. hoary bat, hoary cress
灰白的［用于带白色皮毛或绒毛的动植物名称］
old and trite
陈腐的
the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editors.
经常被英国报纸编辑使用的陈腐老套的格言。

派生
hoarily
adverb
hoariness
noun