英:[kə'nesənt]
美:[kə'nesənt]
英:[kə'nesənt]
美:[kə'nesənt]
Adjective
1. grayish white;
"the canescent moon"
2. covered with fine whitish hairs or down
变成白色的,变成微灰色的
有灰白头发的,有灰白毛的,灰白的,白发的
Latin canescent-, canescens, present participle of canescere, inchoative of canēre to be gray, be white, from canus white, hoary — more at hare
The first known use of canescent was circa 1775
1 Indeed, after the canescent heat of the day, and the tossing of our ill-conditioned vessel, we should have been contented with lodgings far less luxurious.